This reporter has some alarming news. Reports have come in that parents are requiring kids to keep their rooms clean. Julia, an 11 year old with a younger sister, reveals that her mother, age unknown, told her to “clean her room, or else” after bursting into her bedroom early Saturday morning. Or Else? That sounds like a threat to me. Tensions have been high between parents and kids since the Santa revelation and this can only make things worse for both sides. When will the parents stop this insanity? Another brave soul, David, 10, recalls both of his parents cornering him in the kitchen after breakfast. “My dad said “Don’t forget, you gotta pick up your room today. Get rid of all that trash”. How could I forget? He reminded me every night that week.” Kids all over are awakening to a world of parental overreach. What's next? Where does it end? In this reporter's opinion, an alarm bell needs to be rung. Parents are strengthening their policies on too many extreme positions and it's time for the kids to fight back. Dinner relations have been positive recently but perhaps the kids push back on the vegetable intake. We've allowed ourselves to be forced to eat foods like fried mushrooms and Brussel sprouts, well, I say who is really benefiting from these "healthy" foods? The vegetable lobbyists have got the parents wrapped around their fingers. But the kids can gain some ground in this fight. Attempts for a general strike on vegetables have been widely unsuccessful in the past. This battle will require creative means of disposing of vegetables. Family dogs are always an option. Here's a tip I learned from my older brother: covertly transfer vegetable to your napkin, ask to use the restroom, take the napkin with you and destroy evidence in bathroom. Remember kids, we decide what kind of old folks home to put our parents into. Remind them that every so often.