Not sure what to make of this

I think there are too many lawsuits in this country, many of them frivolous. But according to the story, a waiter was kicked in the groin by a 9 year old boy. The jury agreed with the waiter and awarded him $15,000.00. If the kid did do the things alleged in the case, (threaten several members of the staff with a knife and kicking the waiter) the parents got off easy, only having to pay some money. The kids should be removed from the parents home until they can prove they will take care of their kids and that sometimes means disciplining them. Of course its easy for me to say, I don' t have kids and everyone is an expert in raising kids until they have some of their own.

I guess I'm taking the side of the waiter because of the parents response to the case, saying the kids were under proper supervision the whole time and were only engaged in normal behavior. Harming adults was never "normal" when I was growing up. But what do I know.