The parents definitely feel like this is their 15 minutes of fame. Obviously this shows the downfall of American parenting. A kid steals a car, gets into a police chase and then takes off running when he finally gets stopped and the parents punishment is 4 (not 40, not 400, but 4) days. This is absolutely absurd, the parents act like the kid didn't do anything wrong and that it was more of a joke. Their parenting is the joke.