For any teenage boy, being crowned prom king is kind of a big deal. Heck, it's one of those things that you'll go back and tell your kids about one day. For Brandon Wechsler, a senior at Pinnacle High School in Arizona, it's a moment that he never thought he'd see. Diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, the 18-year-old hasn't been able to walk for eight years. Last weekend, the smiling teenager who said he just wanted to "go out with a bang" was crowned prom king. 

It's a beautiful story, one of true strength. Instead of letting his disability hold him back, Brandon smiled and enjoyed an extra special night with his friends. I can't help but think that the whole thing had to be really special for his parents, too.

When a kid finishes up high school a full semester early and gets through Marine Corps recruit training before graduation, you'd expect folks back home would be proud of him, wouldn't you? Proud enough to let him wear his military uniform to graduation? You would think anyway. Kids who enter our armed forces out of high school are a vital part of our country's military, and their dedication is something to celebrate.

But when a Wisconsin teen named Mac Hamlin asked his old high school if he could wear his dress blues when he walks with his class at graduation, the first answer he got was "no."

Homeschooling parents, I salute you. Never in a million years could I have seen myself in your shoes. Well, that is, until I heard you can actually have your teenager homeschool herself.

Imagine! No fighting with the public school district AND no fighting with your pain-in-the-butt darling child about geometry and Nathaniel Hawthorne's greatest works! You can have your cake and eat it too!

Doesn't it sound marvelous?

Oh my god, I feel like such a dope right now. While I can barely master English, and have a few Spanish phrases (mostly having to do with alcohol) under my belt, and took six years of French that I've mostly forgotten, genius 17-year-old Timothy Doner has learned 23 languages and is learning more! He knows everything from French and German to Farsi and Arabic and some languages that only remote African tribes speak. This is CRAZY. And he apparently taught most of it to himself. Holy crikey.

Kids and drugs. They're just about every mom's worry. But just how far are you willing to go to keep the two apart? Would you let your 13-year-old be drug tested just so she can take part in extracurricular activities at her junior high?

That's the question parents in Marion, Ohio are facing right now. Pleasant Middle School has made drug testing mandatory for any student involved in extracurricular activities.

EVERY extracurricular activity.

The following is a post from our sponsor, Alliance Defending Freedom.

 School is a place for learning, achievement and – contrary to what some parents are led to believe – it can be a place for faith, too. After all, students should be able to live their faith in all areas of life, including the classroom. And at graduation, if students are selected through a neutral process, they can make speeches that mention God or prayer, since these speeches are usually protected by the First Amendment.

Is it just me, or does it seem like every other kid these days is diagnosed with ADHD? I’ll admit it … I used to be one of those people that thought it was a made-up “disorder” for bratty kids. Then I married someone with ADHD -- and believe me -- ADHD is real. But how real is it?

In the United States, nearly one in every five high school boys is diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Over 10 percent of school-aged children overall have it. ADHD is up 16 percent over the past five years and 41 percent over the past decade.

Is there NOTHING a kid won't get suspended for these days? Hairstyles, Hello Kitty Bubble "Guns," pretending to blast imaginary bad guys with imaginary weapons, bringing a butterknife to cut your fruit because otherwise your braces make it too hard to eat ... and now, writing "YOLO" on a test paper. Along with -- gasp! -- a SMILEY FACE. Yes, apparently having a sense of humor in high school is now sternly frowned upon -- but Kyron Birdine, a junior at Arlington High School in Texas, didn't know it would get him suspended.