In Confetti Girl and Tortilla Sun they both have different ideas on what to do than what their parents attended for them. In Confetti Girl she believes that her father likes books and lituature more than her. In Tortilla Sun she believe that her mom doesn't have her best intrests at heart and is just being selfish. They both find that their parents care more about themselves and then they start to think about the other missing parent figure. This creates tension in many ways, one of which is the children becoming bad so to speak, or reclusive. They think that the parents don't care about their happiness.
