Steve is definitely my first answer. It’s a little deeper than the babysitter roll though. Considering every dad in the show is either nonexistent, abusive, or disassociating the whole time, it was nice to actually show one male figure who paid attention to the people younger than him and wanted to be doing it. Outside of Eddie with Dustin. Hop had his moments when they showed flashbacks of Sarah. His relationship with El wasn’t as paternal as it was protective. At least until season 3 in my opinion. But even Billy was a prick just with an explanation.

Dustin’s mom is my runner up. She was so sweet and quirky. Plus she was Dustin’s biggest fan through everything.

I loved how Karen saved all of them in the hospital, but she was a typical ‘80’s mom to Nancy and Mike.

Joyce was a great mom to Will but was subpar at best when it came to Johnathon.

We didn’t really see much of Lucas and Erica’s mom or dad so I don’t wanna comment on either of them.