The Huang parents are surprised that Eddie waves the family birthday party reaching twelve, sad to see he sneakily arranged one with schoolmates and Mitch at the mall. Louis realizes it's time to accept a teen will rebel against excessive rules, so he convinces Jessica they'll lose their firstborn unless they give him some rope. First major concession is permission for a sleepover at neighbor Mitch's home. While ignoring his kid bothers' desperate attempts to get attention by punishable misbehavior, as Eddie got rewarded, Jessica spies on him, only to get him back on his own, disappointed in the experience of a modern permissive family where his mate misbehaves disrespectfully over the top and gets no boundaries even when needed.
—KGF Vissers