Sydney's teacher Ms. Wu calls Julia and Joel to school for a conference. Apparently, Sydney is obsessed with her rubber band ball, and has been disrupting class. Not only has Sydney been bouncing the ball behind her back, but Ms. Wu believes she stole a box of rubber bands, though she can't prove it. The final straw came when Sydney hit a kid in the head. Joes tries to smooth things over, but Julia acts defensively, convinced that Sydney didn't do anything on purpose. Joel promises they'll take care of it.