Fox – WATERFORD, Va. – Sophie, Daisey and Tucker Denicore are all-American kids living the American dream. Except for the fact their parents have been charged with a crime: for not getting the kids to school on time. “I think it’s using a sledgehammer to kill a fly,” says the children’s father, Mark Denicore. He is a lawyer who works in Washington D.C. He leaves the family home in Waterford, Va., northwest of Leesburg, before dawn. The children’s mother, Amy Denicore, is responsible for getting the kids to school at Waterford Elementary, about a mile down the road. “I understand their concern,” Mark says. “They’re basically running a train and they want all the kids in the train station before the train leaves. So I understand it. It’s a legitimate concern and we’re always trying to address those issues and try to make sure that we’re there on time and we try to teach our kids being prompt is important. But, we’re imperfect parents, my wife’s imperfect, I’m imperfect and my kids are imperfect.” They have been late to school 30 times this year.

So maybe they were late 30 times, but I still don’t really get this, Virginia. The parents did everything you wanted.  They didn’t abort the kids like you told them they shouldn’t, they’ve kept them alive and eating human food, and now you’re gonna arrest these people because the kids are coming to school late?  You can’t have it both ways.  Can’t force parents to have kids and love them, too. Raising these kids, financially providing for them, keeping them from the grave, AND making sure they get to school on time? The whole thing just sounds like some crazy Japanese game show where no one wins in the end.  What’s the point?

You can’t blame the parents for not caring about the children or their future — it’s not their job.  Are the kids drinking poison?  Are they shooting other kids?  Are they selling drugs or going by Street Names?  No?  Then get off these people’s backs.  I thought this was America.