Choose the word/group of words which is most opposite in meaning to above given word

PLEASE

Quasimodo considered the human beings cruel when:

In each of the following sentences, an idiomatic expression or a proverb. Select the  alternatives which best describes its use in the sentence.
When the girl wanted to stay out past midnight, her father put his foot down.

Select the word which match same as the group of words given. 

a family of young animals