In this picture, we see President Barack Obama meeting with a departing Secret Service agent and his wife, thanking them for their service to their country. We also see the couple’s son, and he is just not having any of it. Whether this photo says more about the state of politics or parenting probably depends more on the viewer than anything, but maybe there is no metaphor here, other than yet another monumental tribute to the boredom of childhood and the fact that kids can get away with things that most of us can not …