I have to echo Emma B in pointing out that Lizzie normally argues strongly that parents don't take responsibility, that parents are the source of the problems with "kids today" and that parents are primarily responsible - the bad ones - for whatever collapse of our social fabric might be happening. To some extent I agree with those sentiments

So it is odd, but not altogether surprising, to see her attitude towards this story.

It begs the question; why, if someone clearly believes nothing in any sort of consistent or reasoned way, do some of us bother to react to every uttering made by that person?

Better just to ignore it?

May I say that this family appears to be the very model of feckless, anti-social malingerers? That something needs to be done to salvage these kids, that maybe they ought not to be in the care of their mother? That the vicious circle should be broken? I sound like one of Lizzie's manifold personalities. I should lie down for a bit.