Reese is often too tied up in violence and laziness do so much as to try to learn, and appears to have immense problems focusing, a direct result of ADD. His obsession with violence horrifies the family and leaves him with few (if any) friends, partly as he is a bully at school. Reese, in his own twisted way, proved he cared, or at least enjoyed the company of Dewey and Malcolm. He beat up several students who called Malcolm a freak when he joined the Krelboynes. 