Doting mother hen Lucy goes to pieces the second her "baby" Jerry leaves for a military academy. The school forbids parents from seeing their children for the first two weeks, but that means nothing to Lucy. Her scheme to bring Jerry a birthday cake never makes it past the colonel's office, so she swipes a uniform and masquerades as an upperclassman. The obstacle course proves more than she can handle.moreless
(Lucy is irritating the colonel in her efforts to see Jerry)Lucy: But you don't know what it's like being separated from your only son for the first time. You don't know what we mothers go through!
Colonel Anderson: You don't know what I go through because of what you mothers go through!
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(Lucy has photos of Jerry displayed all over the living room)Vivian: Well, for goodness sakes, you've got pictures of him from the time he was one week old to ten years! If you turn your head fast, he grows up right before your eyes.
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