In Slate's parenting column, a father grapples with his wife's extreme reaction to their son's prank involving inappropriate sidewalk drawings. While the father believes that the punishment of taking away the son’s phone for a month is fair, the mother fears that this behavior signals a deeper issue and insists on seeking counseling for their son to address potential harassment tendencies. The article emphasizes the importance of considering appropriate responses to childhood misbehavior and the societal implications of current views on sexual harassment.
Ethan played an immature and inappropriate prank, but 11-year-olds do that sort of thing. He was not at all pleased to have to give up his phone.
In the era of zero-tolerance policies and new rules about sexual harassment, it's important to take what happened seriously.
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