If you want a place to rant unedited, you can always just send me a fb message or an email, though it could be that the editing process clarifies and helps decide what's really core and what isn't...

How old is the Little Pepper again? IIRC, you should have another few years before puberty? But man, kids grow up so fast these days. If I ever have any I'm going Amish. No... Amish kids these days do meth and have sex. Maybe Mennonite?