My Neighbor Called the Cops on My Kids Because ‘Children Shouldn’t Be Screaming Outside’ – So I Went to War with Her

You learn that trick young when you need to.

It only got worse from that point.

In middle school, it got louder.

Everything gets louder in middle school, doesn’t it? The voices, the cruelty, the way kids who barely know you think they have a right to comment on your body.

A girl I barely knew cornered me in the bathroom one afternoon and said, “You should continue reading …