The very idea that parents would be rewarded for their child's alleged suffering turns my stomach. Who signed the contract? Who hired the transporters? As long as the children, who after all, are the REAL CONSUMER of the product (contract) their parent's bought into, are paid and NOT their parents, I can live with an agreement like the one being discussed in this thread. It is far from the ideal scenario (the much bally-hooed class-action lawsuit) but who really knows whether that was even a viable option in the first place? Nobody - except the plaintiffs, and apparently, they ain't talkin, which is their right and their privilege. So be it.