Another sad call from Horse Jr. yesterday

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I could only speak to him for a few minutes, as I had to head off to Guitar Center to give lessons. But he told me he was grounded again. Grounded in his case means no internet. I asked him what he did wrong. He told me he didn't know. I went all child psychologist and said, "Hmm. Punishment isn't effective if you don't know what you did wrong. Then I said, "Were you a smarty pants to your mom?" He said that was probably it. As I've mentioned before, his mom is a bit nutty. When I was teaching Research Methods at the College, she told me that research methods was a silly subject, and that all you needed was enlightenment, like she had. She told me some day I would understand. She is an Alex Jones supporter and still believes that there are sex traffickers operating out of pizza parlors, funded by Hillary Clinton. I said to Horse Jr., "I have to go. You can call me later, but then your mom will be home and you'll have to edit what you say to me." He's 12 now and understands my language. He said, "I know. Maybe I'll call you tomorrow." I said, "Are you grounded for one day or two?" He said "I don't know." He extended the conversation by asking about Kitty. I told him about her patterns, and that she was fine. I still made it to work on time.