YOUTH WILL BE SERVED. ON A BED OF RICE

Today's official "cute/oddball" story running rampant through all known media is about a family in Deltona, Florida, the parents of which have moved into a tent in the front yard and gone On Strike against the two kids, girl 12 and boy 17, who are said to be incorrigibly lazy and sloppy and unhelpful and who have clearly not felt the enlightening sting of a firmly-swung car aerial. Amazing. Your kids show you absolutely no respect or consideration...and YOU move out of the house. Jesus, this was my personal DREAM when I was a teenager: the house all to myself, no rules, my parents having abjectly surrendered and hightailed it. As it was, I had to wait until they were both well into their 70s, and too feeble to physically resist. If these kids have a brain in their heads, they will change the locks. And since mom and dad are living on the lawn, let them mow the damn thing. Once again the point is made: Kids today don't know how good they've got it.