Fact: We love talking about celebrities. Fact: We love judging parents. Fact: When you put the two together, it's like a giant peanut butter cup. Chocolate! Peanut butter! Mmm!

Thus, it was not surprising to hear the "Good Morning America" crew reviewing and discussing a clip that New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady posted of him jumping off a rocky cliff into the water on a Costa Rica vacation ... holding the hand of his 6-year-old daughter, who jumped with him. The "Today" crew did the same, and even came up with a name for the nonincident: the Brady Backlash. (Actually, they've probably used that ever since Deflategate.) Anyway, Google "Tom Brady cliff" and you will see so many journalists sucking their thumbs yours may spontaneously wrinkle in response.

My take? You must remember this: A cliff is just a cliff ...

Seriously, I'm no fan of danger, but I know that, with very rare exceptions, parents aren't either. They love their kids and want to help them, not hurt them. So that's my assumption of Mr. Brady, too: He would not put his child in danger, so the two were doing this for reasons of their own. Adventure, bravery, bonding — who knows? And who are we to jump in, as it were? Parenting is hard enough without the Greek chorus.

And yet, plenty of people are chiding Brady because we are in an era where we think a disapproving tweet is on par with actually doing something constructive or proving that we are good people. (It's not.)

Inconvenient fact: Brady put the video out to his millions of fans, so he must've known there'd be backlash. Heck, there was backlash when he simply kissed his son on the mouth. But why not treat his family vacation video like all the other family vacation videos crowding our newsfeeds? Either go with a pleasant "Wish I was there!" or a silent "Wow, am I glad I'm not!" Then scroll on.

P.S. For one nanosecond on the "Good Morning America" clip, I thought I saw the caption "Killer on the Loose" on the screen at the very beginning. If so, it just sort of reminds us what stories TV loves most. If not, I am suffering from TPID (think piece-induced delusions).

Lenore Skenazy is president of Let Grow, founder of "Free-Range Kids," and author of "Has the World Gone Skenazy?" To learn more about Lenore Skenazy ([email protected]) and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate webpage at www.creators.com.