A mother focuses all her energies on maintaining and cleaning the house with no time for her children. Her son tells her what his friend told him about "the mysteries of life," and she tells him he can no longer play with that friend. She goes to speak to the friend's mother about it, and in doing so discovers that her own children have been going to the friend's mother for attention and mothering influence because they cannot get it at home. She is inspired to focus more on her children.