Elena is a social services-dependent single mother. Tom has behavioral challenges and is stigmatized as a "problem child" at school. A father who is absent further complicates an already strained relationship. Tom is diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and prescribed psychiatric medication; however, a peculiar mishap alerts his mother to the adverse effects of the prescription. When she refuses to continue giving Tom his medications, Social Services threatens to remove him from her custody.
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Elena is a social services-dependent single mother. Tom has behavioral challenges and is stigmatized as a "problem child" at school. A father who is absent further complicates an already strained relationship. Tom is diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and prescribed psychiatric medication; however, a peculiar mishap alerts his mother to the adverse effects of the prescription. When she refuses to continue giving Tom his medications, Social Services threatens to remove him from her custody.
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