Kid Nation

Courtesy of "Jon & Kate's" Eight, a New Look at Child Labor Laws?

source: Washington Post

 DC The issue last flared up in 2007 when CBS aired the ill-conceived "Kid Nation" -- a show that followed 40 unsupervised kids while they tried to create a new society in a New Mexico ghost town. Update: I asked Dr. Andrea Bonior, licensed clinical ...

Published Mon, Jun 1

Is There a Responsible Adult Trapped Inside Your Teenager?

source: Child Behaviour Problems

I mean, I may watch Kid Nation, (CBS’s new reality show that has children fending for themselves in a ghost town in New Mexico) but letting my child live it is another matter entirely. Yet after I finished reading The Case Against ...

Published Wed, Nov 5

Volume 3, Number 34: TV Show Ideas

source: blog.360.yahoo.com

About a year ago, in response to CBS' short-lived reality show, Kid Nation, I suggested that the premise would work a lot better if the ghost town were run by ex-cons. Ex-Con Nation is still a thought in my mind, but in the meantime, ...

Published Sat, Sep 27

“Christians Rule!”

source: Elemental Children's Ministry

I still remember the episode of Kid Nation. It was episode 4 entitled “Bless Us and Keep us Safe.” If you never watched Kid Nation, it was a show which aired in the Fall of 2007 that put a group of kids in a New Mexico ghost town to see ...

Published Tue, Sep 2

Desert Reality

source: AllYourTV.com

Today's Baltimore Sun has an editorial castigating CBS over "Kid Nation." CBS should be ashamed of itself. Taking 40 kids to a New Mexico desert for 40 days of "nation" building, promoting the pint-sized pioneers as the stars of a new reality TV show, and then likening it to summer camp ...

Published Thu, Aug 7

Where Are They Now? Taylor DuPriest

source: AllYourTV.com

Entertainment Weekly has a look at ten former reality stars, and what they've been up to since their brush with fame. One of the ten people spotlighted is "Kid Nation" participant Taylor DuPriest. I heard about Kid Nation through pageants. I didn't hear about the ghost town at first — I just ...

Published Thu, Aug 7

deal with it

source: molls...she wrote

I heard about Kid Nation through pageants. I didn't hear about the ghost town at first — I just heard about going away for 40 days with 40 kids without your parents. But I was surprised that everybody ended up making so much controversy ...

Published Wed, Aug 6

Buzzin: Deep Pockets

source: TVgasm

Does anyone remember that show Kid Nation that was on TV last fall? It was the one where 40 kids were sent to live in New Mexico and start their own town. And in the end, everyone learns that...

Published Sun, Aug 3