Kit and Twig find a manuscript for a book their father is writing on child psychology and decide to emulate some of the examples the doctor writes about.
Helen and Kit are excited about going to the opera, intending to take the unwilling males in the family along. Thomas and Twig conspire to find a way to avoid the event.
Thomas is proud when Twig is made a judge for Boy's Day. But when his son decides to collect on Wilson's unpaid traffic violations he has a change of opinion.