So, I guess we've all heard about the parents who, more likely than not, staged a huge hoax and tricked us all into believe that their child was, at the very best, floating 8,000 feet in a home-made balloon above the ground, and, at the very worst, had fallen from a box dangling precariously from a amatuer-made balloon and probably wouldn't be found until the spring thaw?

The parents who had a nation praying for the safety and well-being of their child? The parents who allowed rescue personnel, police and other volunteers to potentially endanger themselves as they searched for the child? The parents who racked up a $30,000 bill for the taxpayers of Colorado for the search for their child?

The parents who then acted in a completely bizarre manner by instructing the media to submit any questions in writing in a cardboard box on their doorstep, instead of releasing a statement along the lines of "Thank God our precious child is okay, and thank you to all who helped look for him, we are so very sorry that you were inconvenienced, but, at the same time, deeply grateful for your caring and committment to our son"?

The parents who then drug their child onto national television as an accessory? The parents who encouraged their child to lie, then watched as the child, who obviously had more trouble lying to the people of America than his parents did, vomited in a fit of nerves?

The parents who then drug their child onto another televison show?

The parents, who, if rumors are to be believed, did it all in the hopes that it would land them their own reality show?!

I don't know about you, but I don't want to invite those people into my home via the airwaves or cable. I want them to apologize to everyone involved, including their kid, re-evaluate their life priorities, take some parenting classes and get their kids some therapy.

After all that, maybe they ought to try being an ordinary American family -- one that puts the health and well-being of their children first.