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Breaking news! Kids go back to school this week!

Oh wait. That happens every summer? Then why is it the top news story every night? I have to be honest here. I don't really care about kids going back to school. Ok, I care in the sense that I hope they're all safe, happy, healthy, and ready to learn. But to me, it's just not a newsworthy event. It's kind of like the "ice storms" that happen in Georgia every winter. Ooh, sleet!

I will say this: The kids in my neighborhood have been good this summer. There wasn't a lot of screaming and yelling and such. My next door neighbor is a teenage girl. Her mom works during the day, and I assume she is not allowed to have company at that time. So sometimes I'll walk outside and see her and a male friend sitting on the porch. I used to do that. It's called "skirting the rules". I think every kid does it.

Now, if I were anything like the neighbors we had growing up, I would have told on her by now. But I'm of a new generation. You mind your own business these days. Besides, how much trouble can you get into on the porch in broad daylight?

So I salute you, rule-skirters! What Mom and Dad don't know won't hurt 'em! Anytime you are apprehensive about rule-skirting, just tell yourself: If it's good enough for the President, it's good enough for me!