[elliottcable]

“… scrupulous amounts of text messages …”

  scru•pu•lous |ˈskroōpyələs|
  adjective
  (of a person or process) diligent, thorough, and extremely attentive to details
    “the research has been carried out with scrupulous attention to detail.”
  • very concerned to avoid doing wrong
      “she's too scrupulous to have an affair with a married man.”

What?

[Terretta]

> What?

Parent is just exercising parent's scrupulous vocabulary. It's enough to drive one inane.