His Mother Was Called to the School

The gum stuck in my son’s hair nearly ended the months he’d spent growing it for his best friend’s wig. I thought the haircut would close that chapter. Instead, the next morning, I was called to school where Lily’s father pointed at Ethan and said my son had done something else I knew nothing about.

The first time Ethan came home with gum stuck in his hair, I reached for the scissors.