Replies to '01/21 Real Life Gossip Girls'

 I happen to be off of work today and caught this show. I live in the bordering school district from which the My space girls attend. I was very moved by the story and feel it should be shown at school to preteens/teens. It's real vs "my mom says" . That being said,  Obviously, to bash these parents you must be one of those "Perfect" parents of "perfect" kids. I have a preteen daughter and a teenage son. My husband and I monitor their freinds, their emails, their phones, etc. We attend all of their school events and we are NOT absent parents trying to be their best friends. However... I would never say that with my diligence they will do nothing wrong. They are kids. Kids do things without thinking it through..so do a lot of adults for that matter. If my daughter or son made this type of mistake it would not be because we haven't talked about it or the consequences. It is just that these kids get in the moment and get caught up in wrong behavior.  To sue a family over teenage verbal threats goes beyond "making them be accountable for their actions"(that happened in court) and says to me.. "let me profit from this".  To blame the parents for the girls immature mistakes is wrong.   I also am not an idiot who feels "kids will be kids" but I am one who says we all have to make mistakes to learn right from wrong.  As a parent, I only hope that my children's mistakes are minor ones. Children will make Mistakes.. regardless of parenting. The parents who feel that they are supreme parenting masters and because of this their children would never do anything wrong.. shouldn't crow so loud because you just never know.  The internet has opened up a new avenue for all types of wrong behavior but it most likely isn't new behavior just accessible by more people.