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“What planet do you live on?”  You've probably heard this story already: some 300 kids broke into a football star Brian Holloway's home to have a party.  In the process they trashed his home, while tweeting and posting on Facebook about it (we didn't say they were smart kids!).  Instead of pressing charges and suing for damages, Holloway created a web site to reach out to those same kids.  He offered to have them come over and help him clean up and repair his house (one kid showed up).  Result?  The parents of some of those kids are now suing Holloway for identifying their kids online.

A local (Latham, New York) radio personality, Kelly Lynch, has written a beautiful open letter to those parents, taking them to the woodshed for their behavior. A sample:

Instead of sitting little Johnny down and reminding him that what he did is not acceptable and then dragging him by the collar to apologize to Mr. Holloway, you chose instead to harass and threaten the victim. Let’s not forget here, your child victimized this man by destroying his home. How dare you respond with anything other than regret, embarrassment, and a sincere apology instead of righteous indignation, threats of violence and lawsuits.

Parents like you are responsible for an entire generation that expects the world handed to them, because you have given it to them all along. Instead of teaching your kids to work hard and earn things, you give a trophy to every kid in youth sports and then hand them an iPhone in middle school. You are the parents screaming through the fence at the Little League umpire instead of teaching good sportsmanship. You are the ones criticizing the teacher instead of realizing they just want to help your child learn.

Amen, sister...