A single father overcome with grief from his wife's death attempts to find solace through media attention, but consequently becomes less and less aware of the needs of his son.

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 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 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).

After their mother leaves a preteen and her siblings, the preteen must navigate her emerging adolescence by herself in an orphanage.

An afternoon at the park takes an unexpected turn for a mother and her son as the well-established families that they admire turn out to be unhappy people who secretly enjoy the misery of others. As the day progresses, the mother is surprised to learn that she and her son share many negative qualities with those families.

A child observes their father’s strange obsession with dressing up the pole in their front yard as they grow up.

In 1985, a New Jersey single mom navigates the struggle of discipline versus understanding as her teenage son and daughter party more and more on the weekends.