A single mother living in the Bay Area is attempting to successfully raise three children, but finds trouble optimizing both their freedom and their safety.

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

After he gets divorced, a father finds renewed purpose through his role as a single parent and the precious time he spends with his children.

After a man's wife dies in childbirth, he hires a nanny to take care of his children. The children develop a loving relationship with the nanny, while the father brings in numerous stepmothers.

After being left behind by her husband and two sons due to her alleged "boringness," a woman must learn how to cope with her new life.

A stay-at-home dad with a wife who works in Manhattan attempts to find a sense of control by tenderly disciplining his young son after he puts himself in danger.

When a mother takes her children to buy a puppy from another mother, she finds an unsettling household and a child chained like a dog in the backyard. Through their alternating narratives, both mothers reflect on what it means to love your children.

A mother in Greece is grieving the death of one of her sons, which sends her to request more children from the city council. Granting her three sons to care for, she sets about transforming them from boys to men, employing incest at times.

After experiencing what should have been the most idyllic childhood, four siblings must learn how to assimilate back into the real world.

On a whim, a man decides to cancel his children's music lessons and take them out for a day, hoping for quiet fun and an opportunity to learn more about their lives.