One of the Best Kid Texts Ever: “Didn’t Do Amazingly, But I Had Fun”

I got one of the best texts I’ve ever gotten from my 16-year old son last night. He was on his way home from his first ever Science Olympiad tournament, on the bus with his teammates.

Me: “How did it go?”
Jack: “Good. I didn’t do amazingly, but I had fun.”

Does this look like a text a mother would get mushy about? If you are a parent of a teenage kid, you already familiar with the backdrop of today’s high school environment, and you’ve probably read an article or two about pressure and colle...