Sweet 16

I was just watching one of these shows where the "parents" throw some over the top 16th birthday party for their brat, I mean, kid.  This particular kid was not missing any meals and was not afaid to smash any kind of cake into her bear trap of a mouth.  At one point the dad says, "Look at my daughter."  Right then the camera pans over to catch his daughter slamming what had to be her sixth slice of cake in her mouth.  "I am so proud of her.  She really deserves this!"   Deserve?  Proud?  Proud that she made it to 16?  It is not like she was born in the Congo where that would really be a feat.  You being proud of her turning sixteen would be like me being proud of myself for breathing all day.  I can't wait to see the follow up in five years when she is back in rehab for the fourth time.   This parent will probably throw her a party for that too.