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.

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

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

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

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

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 quasi-reformed stalker worries about the influence of his creepy behaviors on his son.

During a Boy Scout camping trip, a father and son find some bonding time. The father particularly finds solace in the intimacy he feels towards his son during the increased interaction.

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.

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