Parents screamed, someone called 911, and the crowd swarmed.
I’m mom to Jacob (13) and Mia (8). Last weekend, our street held a laid-back neighborhood cookout, grill smoking, kids running around. I was chatting with my neighbor about summer camps while Mia played tag and Jacob hung back near the cul-de-sac, earbuds in. Then—chaos. A storage shed behind one of the houses burst into…