Continuity mistake: After Gibby is kicked into the stack of boxes, he slumps to the floor and a large sleeping bag or pillow appears beside him only to disappear in the following scene. Then when he takes off his shirt, a yellow extension cord appears on top of the boxes.
Continuity mistake: An unconscious Nora falls to the floor, her head landing squarely in the center of a white tile. But in the subsequent closeup, her head is on a grey tile.
Answer: Their father is in the military and is on a submarine and the mother is never mentioned.
Shannon Jackson