jenny ericson mom to 5 and 10-year-old girls and blogs. & then junior. >> so let me start with you.our youngest graduated from high school this past year, this whole idea of 0- tollerance, have we gone too far and lost any sense of common sense? >> my mom used to say don't be so open- minded that your brain falls out. you can't look at absolutes especially in the girl who helped a friend who was doing the right thing and then the authority that is her school is punishing her. and what that leads to is a lack of confidence in the authority. the authority is behaving in a way that doesn't make sense. if you want to lead your children, you have to be logical and understand that circumstances vary and black and white situations that are ze-ro tollerance are not helpful unless the kids understand their purpose and helping her friend is not the purpose of that particular policy. >> you know, jenny, mothers against drunk driving madd and they said the school was right to suspend erin. they thought she should have called an adult. that girl would not have called an adult. >> i think madd is