In an attempt to impress his emotionally distant father, a boy ridicules his mother, who has loved him unconditionally even in his father's absence. Wracked with guilt, he yearns for her forgiveness - only to find that she does not hold it against him.

A series of vignettes about various sons along a family tree.

A son tells a series of stories, most of them about his father and stepfather. As the son describes a robbery that took place at his house in high school and his experiences with his father, a former Jehovah's Witness and current alcoholic, he begins to recall details from his childhood.

A man reflects on his complicated summers with his father.

When a violent father receives a call from someone who claims to be his biological brother, he must re-evaluate what family means to him.

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.

As a boy grows to adulthood in the years encompassing WWII, and his understanding of the world changes, so too does his perception of his schoolteacher father evolve from respectable teacher to embarrassing clown to free-spirited man.

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.

An elderly man realizes his troublesome son is the only thing keeping him going.

In an epistolary-like work, a father must choose between a job he loves and his relationship with his son.