CHARLOTTE, NC - Local mom Denise James was seen Monday morning dropping her kids off at Hathaway Middle School, which raised a few eyebrows in her community since school doesn't start for another three weeks.

James's three children, ages 11, 9, and 7, reportedly spent the day sitting on the front steps of the school, backpacks on, sack lunches in hand. When asked why they were at school early, the oldest, Aiden, said: "We told my mom we were bored… again."

"They have five iPads upstairs, two dirt bikes in the garage and a water slide, and they want to say they're BORED? I don't think so," James said. "I told them if they said the word 'bored' one more time, they were going to school. I wasn't joking."

The tension in James's home began to build at the beginning of July, when the mom of three realized they had gotten to the end of their "summer activities" list a month too soon. VBS, baseball games and science camp ended at the end of June, and with them, James's sanity.

"I tried to hold on. Other parents told me it would get better," James explained. "But it didn't. I couldn't take it anymore."

Critics have suggested James's parenting tactics are too extreme. Others have said she didn't go far enough. For her part, James shows no signs of changing her mind.

"I have no regrets."