Anybody who's been around kids and their parents these days, is not surprised by this place of blame on "friends"...

Don't ya'll know, Ryan is not at fault here at all... It's the friends, it's the internet... But not Ryan... And certainly not his mother or father... Every 17 year old has a computer in their room and a credit card of their own paid each month, no questions asked...

Yeah... Sure... My daughter is almost that age... Although she doesn't know it, I keep track of EVERYTHING she does... While being very liberal and permissive with her, or so she thinks, "behind the scenes" I watch everything! Obviously nobody watched this kid or questioned anything he did... Not only the cc issue but how did he receive the packages? Wasn't he supposed to be at school when it is delivered? I guess nobody noticed that either... How does a mother pay a credit card bill from her 17 year old son and not even scrutinize it?

Sorry... Can't blame anyone now, after the fact... Anyone but maybe yourself...