Be nice. And tell your therapist to be nice, or at least, professional. It's entirely possible that your mom has undiagnosed bipolar - there is a strong hereditary component, and some of her behaviors that you've described in the past suggest it.
My older one took the SATs under a program like that when she was in 6th or 7th grade. I don't remember much coming of it beyond a lot of junk mail, but it's been 20 years, and I'm sure it looked good at the time.
You're being awfully optimistic about your fellow human beings.
Now not only can there be stupid challenges, there can be stupid accidents resulting from people either trying to make their own from scratch, or trying to drain Tide pods and fill them up with liquor.
Carbon monoxide.
It was great; I never knew what hit me. One minute, I'm watching Josh Bernstein and Zahi Hiwass discuss the pyramids, next minute, I'm in the hospital. No pain, nothing....next time, they can wait a few more days.
Walt Disney's head was cryogenically preserved, and is stored somewhere in the tunnel complex underneath Disney World, awaiting the day when it can be revived and attached to a new body.
Thanks again for this! We've been recording all of the Godzilla & Co movies for the kids. (It's important for them to learn that if it doesn't look like a guy in an awkward rubber suit, it's not the real thing.)