kyle's father, gerald is a caring parent to kyle who usually tries to teach him important morals and ethics. his mother, sheila is a very overprotective and has a knack for fequently protesting in things that opposes or comes across her ideas or beliefs. even though her personality sometimes bothers kyle, he is known to have still loved her and would come to here defense when cartman would make fun of kyle's mom. sheila is based on the stereotype about jewish mothers. kyle usually has a good relationship with his parents, although he sometimes would rebel against them.