So, I get home from work last week, ready to discipline my oldest GIFTED student for deciding she wasn’t going to do math homework anymore. In an attempt to divert my attention, she started saying “You need to hear what [insert little sister's name] did at school.”

I was not to be swayed. Discipline was reinforced because her mother already handled it. She handles the types of discipline, I’m just there to put the fear of god into them.

After she left the room, her mother joined me and said, “You really do need to know what [insert little sister's name] did at school.”

Shiiiiiiiit.

My Kindergartener, my angel, my PRINCESS, did not get in trouble for talking, or not doing her work. No, my wife could not keep the grin off her face.

She started a food fight.

So, discipline was reinforced again, and I kept that stern, disappointed look on my face. Of course, I was laughing inside.

Then I read about these kids in Orlando that started a food fight – all planned out, with changes of clothes and everything. But what struck me as really bizarre was this:

It took 11 adults to clean up the mess…

ExcusemeWHAT?

Shouldn’t cleaning the lunchroom have been an immediate punishment? Yeah, yeah, they’re facing expulsion and all, but still – every pea, every carrot, every bit of mystery meat should have been cleaned up by the kids. It’s not like they’re kindergarteners – these are middle-school kids, perfectly capable of using brooms, mops, and sponges.

Come on, they knew better.