I am one to encourage this type of boasting. It makes us a tighter knit community.
Back in the day (21yrs ago) I ran a bbs, and posted when my son was born. We printed out all the replies for his scrapbook. Turns out he is going to graduate next year with a BS in computer science.
So I guess what I am saying is, print the string out, be proud, buy the kid a skew.