In 1986, nine-year-old Tate Millikin is uprooted and unwillingly moved to the suburbs of Kansas City. As his parents' marriage unravels, Tate finds solace in the unlikely friendships of his new next door neighbors: a retired African-American college professor and his transgender daughter, Gossamer.。为了赢回妻子的芳心,一位有躁郁症的男人决定独立肩负起照顾两个小女儿的重任。可是亲子之路哪能一帆风顺,两个小淘气包让老爸的情况雪上加霜……。