For a nine-year-old boy, a visit from his uncle, an alcoholic Irish bachelor, means surprising gifts and drama between his parents.

An overprotective brother disapproves of his sister’s fiance despite his own inability to commit to a woman. Over time, he becomes less selfish and learns to accept others' wishes with less judgment.

When a boy visits his father, he watches his uncle’s animosity toward his cousin escalate to dangerous heights.

A young boy spends some time with another boy, Willard, who stays at his neighbor's house. Willard behaves without manners around the boy's house until his grandmother can take no more.

A boy and his love interest face strict parents in the face of their burning passion for each other.

The children in a family grow tired of hosting their middle-aged cousin, but his expulsion brings unexpected strife to the family.

A boy rides along in his father's truck, but when he breaks his father's only rule—don't touch anything—by turning on the radio, he hears another trucker threatening the safety of his father.

On a sunny fall day, a young boy goes for a drive with his aunt and uncle. They accidentally hit a child, who flies off the hood of the car.

Two brothers are left under the unreliable care of their alcoholic uncle when their parents leave town.

A woman examines a period of time in her childhood spent with her sister and the babysitter's son, viewing it through the lens of an adult, and ponders how the experience might have shaped her as a person.