A man thinks about his relationship with his parents (especially his mother) as he watches them grow old. He then realizes that he is now old too.

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

A college counselor watches anxiously as her teenage son applies to college without her help. As her son plans for his future, the counselor and her husband reflect on how quickly their lives have changed, seeking ways to steady themselves in the midst of middle age.

Throughout her life, a young woman from the future has gathered evidence about her ancestors to understand the way they lived before and during the era when society was reimagined.

A young being describes coming of age on their planet. Though they spend most of their time without gender, when it comes time to get physically intimate, they meet at a kemmer-house for a short duration, as either female or male.

A schoolboard debates the merits of history—and how to remember it.

A young Chinese-American girl deals with her delusional and manipulative grandmother when her grandmother visits from China.

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

A middle-aged man faces a difficult decision; he can choose to use genetic alteration to have a say over the life of his unborn child, or leave the future up to chance. As he struggles to choose a path, he reconsiders his own past and the struggles he has faced.

Because of a mysterious science experiment, a man remains a child in his head, even as he grows into old age. With time, his family members die one by one, forcing the man to confront his unusual origins.