I’m sure I’m not alone. We all lose control, especially with children. I have 3 children and so this story was the familiar theme of  frustration. I became fixated on the tether. What happens when you’re at the end? Could you really abandon your child?

When You Left Me tells the story of a father who does just that, leaving his son behind on the London Underground. It’s a collision of two fears—losing a child in public and losing control as a parent.