While not a parent myself, this is my take on it: Parenting is hard. You can tout heavy discipline, not letting the child watch pornography, or giving him internet access, but the fact is that every situation is different. I wonder what might have happened if they hadn't given him access to the internet? Maybe he wouldn't have fostered a love for programming, or maybe he wouldn't have graduated college at 19.

All I'm saying is that maybe we're too quick to judge how these parents handled the situation.