Under the assumption that his minister father and God are the same person, a six-year-old boy decides to test his father's power.

A mother and her three children discuss what to do (in the hours after?) after the father leaves (and they aren't sure if he'll come back. something like that).

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.

After his mother leaves to work as a nurse in Rwanda, a child's hypochondriac father diagnoses him with all kinds of different ailments. He uses these misdiagnoses to explain away his son's silence and strange behavior.

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.

Two parents send their child a questionnaire full of mysterious questions that reveal insights into their relationship with their child.

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

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.

A father contemplates whether he should kiss his son on the lips when saying good night.

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