What's with the small children?

At what age would he be violating his probation, and what in the hell is wrong with these kids' parents if they've been told?

http://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=30065

I was looking at it as a joke, but then I realised that surely these kids have parents who have made a decision and now I'm totally creeped out.

Thanks a lot, Barbour.