Punky, tattooed Rickie's life takes a turn for the worse when she ends up pregnant at 18. By the time her son Noah is in the first grade, she's dropped out of school and moved back home, where she lives with her wealthy parents and sends Noah to the same upscale private school she attended. When Noah comes home complaining about the gym teacher, Rickie storms into his office to set him straight, but she also finds something she didn't expect, which slowly but surely changes her life.