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Near the end of the story Lydia says that turning on the nursery for just a minute wouldn't hurt when in reality it ended up killing both her and her husband.

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The veldt that the children created is a symbol of how much they truly detest their parents and want them gone.

The nursery is a symbol of how technology is corrupting the minds of the children so much that they have lost all emotional attachment to their parents.

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Reversal is a major form of satire here as it seems as though the kids have more control over their parents rather then the other way around. The parents always give in to the children when they act up, unintentionally giving the children power over them

"I don’t think you’d better consider it any more, Father."(Bradbury 9)

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"Peter looked at his shoes. He never looked at his father anymore, nor at his mother". (Bradbury 8)

This quote points out how increasingly distant and cold Peter is towards his parents by showing he doesn't even like looking at them

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The main theme of this story is technology advancement as  seen by the futuristic house that can do basically anything. Bradbury is using this to tell the reader that too much technology has the potential to desensitize us.