The Missing Piece Conundrum: When Idealized Families Come Crashing Down The notion of a "perfect" family – complete with two kids, a stay at home parent, and a white picket fence – has been a staple of American culture for decades.
However, what happens when reality fails to live up to this ideal?
For one husband, his wife's fixation on having a daughter has become a source of tension in their marriage and hurt her relationship with their two young sons.