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Wed., Sept. 26, 2007

‘Kid Nation’

Anyone watching the CBS show "Kid Nation"? You know, the one where they plunk 40 kids in the middle of the desert to form their own society?

A story in USA Today, which we'll be running on Monday, highlights some of the criticism of the show:

Kid Nation emphasizes some of the worst aspects of society, such as group inequalities and fighting for limited resources, says Joseph Allen, an adolescent psychologist at the University of Virginia. "They re-create these bad things on purpose and then subject kids to them. The children are manipulated to an unconscionable degree."

What do you think? Harmless entertainment or child abuse?

Or something in between?

Posted Sept. 26, 2007, 11:54 a.m.

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