[CHANGELING] Something called responsibility

CHRISTINE: Your dad never even had a chance to

  meet you...so how could he not like you?

WALTER   : Then why did he leave?

CHRISTINE: Well, the same day you were born,

   something else arrived. It came in

   the mail, in a box just slightly

   bigger than you. You know what was in that box?

   Something called responsibility.

  Now, to some people, responsibility

  is fun, it's what you live your

   whole life for. Other people think

  it's the scariest thing in the world.

WALTER   : So he ran away because he was scared

   of what was in the box?

CHRISTINE: Yup.

WALTER   : That's dumb.

CHRISTINE: That's what I thought.

CHRISTINE: Walter, I decided a long time ago

   that I would always tell you the

   truth, that I would treat you like

 a grown-up. I can't expect you to

   respect me unless I respect you.

   I've never lied to you. Your father

   leaving had nothing to do with you,

   and everything to do with what was

   in the responsibility box.

<CHANGELING, A True Story>

Original Screenplay by J. Michael Straczynski

Directed by Clint Eastwood, 2009