Every day there’s a new drama around here. What’s the parenting gossip? WELL, let me tell ‘ya.

First, there’s the annoying uniform that jocks wear in school. We actually have a ruder word for the jocks in this house that I won’t share on this blog. The jocks are even more annoying than the jocks that I dealt with in high school, because they are rich jocks. And they all wear super preppy, pink shorts that cost $80. I suppose this isn’t a new thing, but we’ve had a lot of discussions about those stupid pink shorts lately.

Then there’s the rampant stress in our town. It’s hard to be spawn of super successful types who are hysterical that their children will never find a job after college. There’s lots of buzz about all the suicide attempts (and suicide successes) around here.

Then we had a little gun scare this week. A bunch of kids in town started using a new social media app called YikYak. It’s a social media app that lets people post anonymously with people in the same geographic location. There was some bullying going on, but the real problem happened when someone told the group that he was going to bring a gun to school next week. A full police presence in the school. Robo-calls from the superintendent.

Homeschooling or leg irons for my son until 18?