When a young Italian girl goes on vacation for Christmas with her family, her father splurges on her in Verona, and she decides that this is what true happiness is for a child.

Over dinner, an observer reflects on mothers and their omnipresent prevalence in children’s lives.

A couple adopts a troubled six year old child who takes a startling interest in one very precious item in their home.

A mother and her adult daughter act as the waitstaff in a beautiful home and mostly pass unnoticed by the inhabitants. However, when the daughter develops a fascination with an inattentive man who lives in the home, disappointment and devastation result when he moves away.

At an Easter party in Kansas, a teenage girl realizes her mother might be having an affair with her employer—who is hosting the party. When her father shows up unexpectedly, the room becomes tense, and while her parents stay together, her mother never works for the man again.

After her son dies, a mother reckons with the grandson he left behind.

A child observes their father’s strange obsession with dressing up the pole in their front yard as they grow up.

A 5-year-old boy with a unique way of seeing the world feels alienated from his mother and tells her that he does not need her anymore. This viewpoint later causes him to lash out at his family, leading him to reflect on himself and his life.

A young boy tries to figure out why his father wakes up in the middle of the night to sit in their dark kitchen, alone with his thoughts.

A young girl works to impress her highly critical parents and submits to a terrible fate as she struggles to meet their impossible standards.