When Erica French opts to keep the baby she conceived in high school, she never dreamed that one day she would be fighting for custody against the child's father, Scott Stone. Scott Stone initially fought for custody when Erica threatened to cut off his access to their daughter. Scott continues to try to be a part of his daughter's life, but when Molly first breaks her arm at the playground then Scott's mother finds mysterious bruises on her granddaughter, Scott again fights for custody of young Molly, and this time he wins because the court feels his family can provide a more stable environment for Molly than a public daycare can.
Acting
Keri Russell's trembling restraint before her star-making turn.
Writing
The slippery villainy of 'concerned' middle-class relatives.
Director
Bethany Rooney
Keri Russell
Erica French
Roberta Maxwell
Cynthia Adams
Vince Corazza
Scott Stone
Charlotte Sullivan
Annie French
Barry Flatman
David Trask
Dave Nichols
Matthew French
Julie Khaner
Jane Littleton
Jill Clayburgh
Susan French
Deborah Grover
Barbara Stone
Shelley Thompson
Diane
Kristen Holden-Ried
Kevin
Nicole De Boer
Nancy
Jonathan Potts
Peter Hess
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This aired on Lifetime in 1997, part of their 'terrified white women' programming bloc that dominated cable-era melodrama.
The film crystallizes 90s anxiety about working mothers, using 'public daycare' as shorthand for moral failure—a rhetoric that fueled welfare reform.
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