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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, September 20, 2007 - 9:48 pm
I'm glad they're repeating it Saturday. We were busy helpign the kids with homework last night and didn't get a chance to watch. On the grunt work, I'm not sure it's much different now than when I was a kid. Me and my sis were expected to do chores and if we didn't there were consequences, like missing out on rolling skating over the weekend or not being allowed to go somewhere with friends. But, we had plenty of friends who weren't expected to do anything at home too. My kids do chores and they get paid if they help clean at my aunts since that's not their job. They have some friends who when they come over are very good at picking up after themselves or if spending the night offer to share chores with the kids (washing dinner dishes for example.) And they have some friends who stare at me like I've grown a second head when told to clean up after themselves.
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Willwillbee
Member
09-20-2001
| Friday, September 21, 2007 - 1:37 am
CNDEARISO - Frontier house had the same problem with dumping food outside their front door (versus taking it WAY away from house & burying) by the end of the season they had a swarm of flies & maggot (lol - plural is censored word) that was unbearable.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Friday, September 21, 2007 - 5:37 am
I wonder how they picked the Town Council kids? I really liked two of them, but I was over Taylor and the Boy Scout - who SEEMED to be wimpy -in about two minutes.
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Friday, September 21, 2007 - 6:11 am
nobody who has kids that i know makes them do chores. and, i'm not talking about privileged kids either. most of the parents i see around here aren't teaching their kids responsibility.
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Tanzanite
Member
06-28-2005
| Friday, September 21, 2007 - 12:20 am
I loved the premiere episode of this show on CBS. It was a refreshing change to see a reality show that concentrated on having contestants working toggether for a common goal and bringing the best out of themselves and others. The kids were delightful. My heart poured out to that little one on the council, Taylor. I just fell in love with her after seeing her quite emotional release of tears as she considered going home. It took me back to scary, unsure times in my early life and I could remember being just that terror filled only to find that everything worked out right at the end of the day. I'm so happy that she elected to remain and that she found new levels of strength and new abilities within herself.
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Konamouse
Member
07-16-2001
| Friday, September 21, 2007 - 7:01 am
They could have fed the tossed pasta to the goats. The older boys could have turned into bullies and refused to do "work" if that Gold Star hadn't shown up. I hope some parents take heed that kids without tvs & video games will still find things to do for amusement - kick them outside on a regular basis!

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Carrie92
Member
09-15-2003
| Friday, September 21, 2007 - 7:27 am
I was wondering something. Is 15 perhaps too old for a boy to be on the show? It just seems to me that at that age a boy has gone through some, well, significant changes, that say the 10 year olds aren't even aware of. I just wouldn't want my kid learning about things and certain actions about the body that he was unaware of before, in an unsupervised boys bunkhouse. My son still wants to apply. There will be thousands of applicants, I know, but that would just be a major concern I would have if he did make it. ETA - Oh, and I like the ideas of changing the color of the names of kids who left, and adding a gold star to their picture if they win one.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Friday, September 21, 2007 - 7:32 am
would it be different than a 10 year old boy with a camp counselor?
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Spygirl
Board Administrator
04-23-2001
| Friday, September 21, 2007 - 9:10 am
IMO, 10 year olds need to know just about everything related to their own bodies...and if parents don't teach it, they are guaranteed to learn it from their peers.
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Zachsmom
Member
07-13-2000
| Friday, September 21, 2007 - 9:36 am
i remember when i was in the 4th grade and my brother was in the 5th. 5th grade was when they separated the girls and boys and had their 'talks'. while walking to school the day after my brother had the 'talk', he told me that a mans penis becomes erect and ejaculates sperm. i thought this was the funniest thing i ever heard. i called him a liar and he said he wasn't. i didn't believe him and started singing sperm sperm sperm men ejaculate sperm sperm sperm sperm men ejaculate sperm sperm sperm sperm men ejaculate sperm my brother was so embarrassed. i have since learned that men do in fact ejaculate sperm. as for this show. i enjoyed it. was sad to see jimmy go, he was so precious. i couldn't put my son on the show, no way no how.
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Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Friday, September 21, 2007 - 9:40 am
OMG!!!
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Friday, September 21, 2007 - 9:49 am
Are they being filmed 24-7? If they are being filmed 24-7 then boy body part partying might not be something that will happen unless of course the film crew partake. I think the entire unsupervised thing is a bit not accurate. They were given the book about splitting up the teams....so there was some adult structure given by default. You have the host that shows up from time to time. And the film crew is always present. Maybe I read it here and if I'm repeating ....sorry. One of the moms said they received calls every few days from someone from the show. Just from the one episode I think they cast the show well. Most of them seem very mature. I like the hierarchy that's set up from upper class to the day laborers (or whatever they are called). I didn't see a shower area? Was it shown? If I did the math right the average age of the kids is 11.35 yrs old.
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Allietex
Member
08-16-2002
| Friday, September 21, 2007 - 11:04 am
I kind of wished though that they had had some warning about the competitions. I could see where the bigger stronger kids are going to win most of the challenges. It would be very unfair if the little kids never get to be the upper class.This could be a case where no matter how hard they try, they can't win. I would not like that at all. I wonder if the groups will ever switch around like they do on Survivor?
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Northwestblonde
Member
09-01-2005
| Friday, September 21, 2007 - 3:18 pm
That little guy Jared kept me in stitches nearly the whole show...I really like that little guy! I'm just hoping they do some kind of follow-up with these kids in the next 10 yrs. or so and find out what kinds of things they did and if the show helped guide them in directions they didn't think of taking before doing the show.
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Nala63
Member
09-20-2005
| Friday, September 21, 2007 - 3:41 pm
i really enjoyed this show, and i didnt think i was going to, lol. the cameras must be around, they caught the older boys painting blue on the other camps. i absolutely was so proud of them when the chose the outhouses over the tv ( is there electricty somewhere, lol) but for kids that age to realise which was more important was great to watch.
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Ahnicka
Member
08-08-2007
| Friday, September 21, 2007 - 5:42 pm
Northwestblonde, I said the same thing! I luv Jared, he is hilarious and his voice just goes so well with his funny comments! He kind of looks to me like a little Rocky Balboa, played by Sylvester Stallone, LOL. So cute and so funny.
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Wahmmy
Member
07-24-2005
| Saturday, September 22, 2007 - 5:48 am
ZM, that story reminds me of a conversation my sister had with her eldest daughter when she was about 4. My sister was watching her neighbor's little boy and she was changing him. You can imagine the conversation. "Does Daddy have a penis? Does Grandpa? Does Uncle John? etc" This seemed to have been accepted until the little boy's dad came to get him. Now his dad is a very quiet man and my neice greeted him with "Hi, Dennis, do you have a penis?" His response was admirable. "Yes, I do!" The dad was getting all of the stuff that goes with a baby and getting ready to leave and he looked at my sis and said, "So, were penises the conversation of the ENTIRE day or just the last part?" My sis was laughing so hard she had tears running doen her face, "No, just the last part."
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Saturday, September 22, 2007 - 6:18 am
LOL, Whammy!! I remember when my cousin and I were quite young and were having a conversation about how babies came into the world. (The point of birth.) She told me. I said (paraphrased as it was many years ago), "NOT POSSIBLE." Maybe I remember thinking I don't know how, but that's not possible.
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Wahmmy
Member
07-24-2005
| Saturday, September 22, 2007 - 6:24 am
Believe me as a nurse, there are many young women in transition labor who believe with all their hearts that it is NOT POSSIBLE. There was an old doctor delivering babies when I was in training who would calmly tell them, Yes, dear it is possible, they usually come out the same way they got in. Needless to say, that did not make the mother in labor feel any better at all. DRUGS, that is what made them believers! Better living through chemicals.
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Oxies_luv
Member
05-13-2005
| Saturday, September 22, 2007 - 9:50 am
I liked this show and DH and I will continue to watch. We enjoyed Jared alot and hope to see more of him. I totally fell in love with Jimmy and was sorry to see him go, but knew the poor kid had to. I thought it pretty funny when he dissed Greg twice. First time when they were in the large group and Greg asked if Jimmy wanted to hangout with him. Jimmy flat out said NO! The second time shown was when Jimmy was leaving the meeting, and all the kids were putting out their hands to say goodbye and right before they cut away, you can see Jimmy turning his body away from him.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Saturday, September 22, 2007 - 6:57 pm
Caught the re-run of this tonight w/DS. He really liked it, so it's now on our season pass. We both loved Jimmy's smartness w/saying "no" to Greg. 
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Spygirl
Board Administrator
04-23-2001
| Saturday, September 22, 2007 - 7:29 pm
Watched it tonight, too, and LOVED it!!! I was in tears for most of the show - what brave kiddos! They could sure teach some adults I know a thing or two about diplomacy and believing the best in people. When they gave Sophia the award, I knew it would be a turning point for that girl. And Taylor...Love. Her.
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Kearie
Member
07-21-2005
| Saturday, September 22, 2007 - 8:59 pm
I watched it again and remembered one thing I didn't like about Sophie, is that when she called her mom, she told her she was head chef. Um, I think yellow team were cooks so why would she say that? I just found that odd.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Saturday, September 22, 2007 - 9:38 pm
She certainly was the head chef until the competition, and that is what she won the gold star for. If she was on the "Labor" group after that, she still could be working in the kitchen - and maybe as head chef. I really don't know - just guessing!
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Surfgirl
Member
10-11-2003
| Sunday, September 23, 2007 - 4:15 am
I love this show! I have 2 sons, a 22 year old and a a 11 year old.( Blake and Jake) The question about having younger boys around older boys .. well my 11 year old hit puberty early.. at 10 he was going tru the" change" And just like real life you will always have that bully to deal with. Jake is 11 and 5 foot 9 and he is in full man growth. My "innocent"boy was watching Price is Right when he was 6 yrs old and asking his daddy if the girls came with the cars you won..LOL That being said..Jake is in gifted classes and smart and funny as hell. His teachers agree..LOL. I would enter him in this show in a heart beat. My baby has the smarts but he does need to toughen up. I feel that compared to how I was raised, when all we did was play outside and had to have our moms holler to get us to come home, and now the computer and video games that over take kids lives , Kid Nation is a good thing!
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