Tom Parkes' new bride, Jo, soon realizes her husband he is still clinging to the happy memories of his late spouse. Jo also find's her new teenage son's devotion to his prize pet steer quite worrisome. When the boy's steer is named winner of a livestock show, the young man childishly refuses to turn the animal over for auction. The embarrassed father plans to chastise the boy for his lack of manly behavior, but Jo says something that forces Tom to reevaluate his relationship with his son.moreless