The Worlds Strictest Parents

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Michael

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Just watching this series on BBC one, think its a repeat.

Does anyone think they should actually be sending the parents to these strict families instead? To me it seems like its the parents who need to learn a thing or two about the way they deal (or dont deal in all cases) with their own children.

I don't deny the kids are bone-idle and really are an embarrassment, but just from viewing the mother who's son has been kicked out of school for laziness, she doesn't appear to actually want to get her kid up and out of bed??! Why would she tolerate her son just not going to school because he cant be bothered and then is surprised to receive a letter from the school?
 
I'm watching it now. I missed the beginning - but I love the indian boy, I'd be proud to have him as a son.

I can't understand though - how the mother of the girl let's her smoke cannabis! :eek:

How old are these teenagers please?
 
I know, I was just thinking that...why would a parent admit on national TV that they let their kid smoke cannabis? Where does she get it from and why would they just stand back and tolerate it??

I think the Indian family seem really nice. Not really very strict in the slightest, just with good decent morals in which their kids are brought up with self-respect. No smoking and no drinking for their kids, I don't see that as an unreasonable rule for a parent.

The problem is, the moral of the show is that the kids come back 'mended' and improve as they have learned the respect and values of these so-called 'strict' parents. ....

In truth...these kids will come home, have a month of 'realisation' about being well behaved and being thankful for what they have, then, due to their parents not having changed/learned anything at all, they will just return to their previous slovenly selves and end up stacking shelves. (No disrespect to the genuine hard workers of our nations supermarkets)
 
The longer this goes on...the more I keep thinking 'What's the point of it?'.

The parents aren't very strict anyway (so the title's meaningless), whilst neither they nor the headteacher nor even the production crew seem to have any leverage over them whatsoever.

Basically, these two chancers have signed up for a nice jolly to India and to do whatever they want - and they're being allowed to get away with it.

...oh, and now Ginger's got a letter from her mum. Who obviously couldn't say any of that before getting a TV crew involved? And now Ginger gets to break down in front of the camera.

Smell the reality show contrivance!
 
It gets worse.

Because her mum got cancer is why she is like she is?! Darnit ITS THE CANCERS FAULT!

Yes it gives the mum an excuse I guess to have said why she wrapped her brat up in cotton wool and allowed her to get off with murder, but still no reason to sit back and watch her daughter develop an addiction to cannabis and drink?? Surely she should be thinking about valuing her daughters life and their time together??!! Seems a little warped to me.
 
Oh it's ok everyone!

Ginger has a quick chat about her tragic backstory with the mum, whilst Braces talks to dad about his miserable past - and now they've turned over a new leaf!

The standard reality show arc is back on track!

Anyone want to take money on the mention of 'going on a journey' coming up at some point?
 
And she's playing cricket! She's rediscovering her lost childhood! They're changing for the better!

And a sidenote - could the soundtrack to this be any more hackneyed?
 
I don't think changing schools every 2 years did Peter any good.

A lot of it is down too parents being to scared to disipline their kids.

I'd love to see what happens to these 2 kids a few months down the line.
 
Not really.

It just proves a level of creative bankruptcy in modern television programme making.

Clearly someone came up with a catchy name for a programme - pitched that and then worked backwards from there.

They didn't find some remotely strict parents, but they did find a pair of arseholes who wanted 8 days in India.

So they fly out there, the kids act like ******* for a few days - but fortunately they manage to get contrived scenes of the kids realising the error of their ways - so they've got a complete story arc they can slap together and voila - an hour long 'documentary' is born.
 
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