I love the fact that you didn't take this from a spiritual angle because many people believe that when a child is reaping from the evil their parents have planted is always spiritual.
Honestly, it makes no sense at all. It's unfair to punish a child for the sins committed by his or her parents.
It's unfair ooo... but then, what's fair about life? It's just sad that innocents get to pay for things they had no hand in.