This is a huge mountain out of a molehill situation.

SHOCKED! Media pundits and "safety experts" notwithstanding, there is NOTHING, NADA, ZIP that a kid could have said under those circumstances that would have compromised safety.

Remember...these pilots know what is going on, and contrary to what is shown on some popular TV shows, they don't just blindly do what some voice on the radio tells them to - especially if it is a kid's voice!

Furthermore, like others have mentioned, even if the kid had somehow given a wrong takeoff clearance to a plane holding in a position where it would have been dangerous, the real controller could have been back on the horn with a "disregard" before the kid was even finished talking.

How many of these people that are so upset about this have ever been on either end of a pilot/controller radio communication? Or even listened to CH. 9 for that matter?