Kid Nation

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by tld221

what she said @ the bolded. i mean, hell, if ppl are in a tiff over a sprain or getting burned by cooking (how old are the kids - preteen?), then you can come to the hood and do the same show, no problem.

ok, that's narrow-minded. but what im saying is: why is it an issue of "OMG kids, taking care of themselves in their own society? NO!!" umm, i was taking care of house and home at that age and i damn sure didnt sign any waivers nor was i getting $$/airtime for it.

That really isn't a good way of approaching this general topic. My siblings and I weren't allowed to take care of house and home when we were children. That's what adults are for and since the laws for children have changed from the days that kids worked in factories, it isn't outlandish to not have children behaving like "short adults." And, no, I'm not from the "hood" so I guess people from the "hood" have a better grasp of the realness than nonhood people do. Not that there's a right or wrong but we have to acknowledge that children aren't all equipped to take care of themselves.

There are a lot of things that parents allow their children to do on their own ONLY because the parents don't have the time or money to closely monitor. So we have child laws for reason that prohibit children of a certain age from being at home for long periods of time alone. That doesn't stop kids of certain ages from being home alone (in the "hood" and in other environments where parents are working or whatever else). But, these laws exist for a reason.

Now, the show itself is monitored by adults I guess so it's not as extreme as an 8 yr old cooking dinner at home and hurting herself/himself or burning down the house. But it's simply not true that all people in the "hood" view children taking care of themselves differently than other people.

[tld221]

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

That really isn't a good way of approaching this general topic. My siblings and I weren't allowed to take care of house and home when we were children. That's what adults are for and since the laws for children have changed from the days that kids worked in factories, it isn't outlandish to not have children behaving like "short adults." And, no, I'm not from the "hood" so I guess people from the "hood" have a better grasp of the realness than nonhood people do. Not that there's a right or wrong but we have to acknowledge that children aren't all equipped to take care of themselves.

There are a lot of things that parents allow their children to do on their own ONLY because the parents don't have the time or money to closely monitor. So we have child laws for reason that prohibit children of a certain age from being at home for long periods of time alone. That doesn't stop kids of certain ages from being home alone (in the "hood" and in other environments where parents are working or whatever else). But, these laws exist for a reason.

Now, the show itself is monitored by adults I guess so it's not as extreme as an 8 yr old cooking dinner at home and hurting herself/himself or burning down the house. But it's simply not true that all people in the "hood" view children taking care of themselves differently than other people.

true, true and true to all that you said, especially the last line - i didn't think i'd be taken that literally, esp. after i said "ok,too narrow-minded."

i jus feel like the hoopla is extraneous. parents wouldnt sign waivers if they didnt think the kids couldnt handle it. and if there were real child laws being broken, would CBS really air this show knowing that they would be breaking laws and potentially face fines?