Kid Nation Draws Claims of Child Abuse

(Building a civilization is hard work…Picture courtesy of CBS.com) 

Isn’t it foreboding when a television show’s reputation precedes itself? Sure, CBS has hyped its fall addition to the reality tv foray, Kid Nation every chance it gets. You can’t watch a show on the network from start to finish without seeing at least one commercial for the show.

But all the talk about the Lord of the Flies-type show is not just CBS hype. Critics have lined up against it, feeling very uncomfortable watching the clips of the show that CBS has submitted. TV Week has even written an article, describing how the network circumvented some child labor laws to film the series.

Yet, CBS was not deterred by critics, and has every confidence that the show will be a hit with viewers. The network is so confident that it has already begun to hold auditions for the next season.

However, at this point the network has to deal with the claims of a parent of one of the children on the show that the children were abused and neglected. The parent even cited an incident where several children accidentally ingested bleach, and another incident where a girl burned her face with splattered grease while cooking.

Frankly, I am not sure that the thought of watching 40 children do anything on prime time appeals to me. I love kids, but I am not particularly entertained by all-youth casts, especially when it’s not early morning or Saturday. But, that doesn’t mean I am not going to check it out. Like I said, it’s reputation precedes itself, so I have to see what the fuss is about.

To read the New York Times article about child abuse, click here.

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