Title: Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents
Season: 1
Episode: 1
Source: BBC three
Going on the first summer holiday with your
friends. Freedom, no rules and no responsibilities sound good to all young
people, both adolescents in this episode think so. The eighteen year old Joe
wants to have no rules, freedom and no responsibility and the young Milly wants
to get out of the hands of her over-worried mother, and have some fun. What the
two do not know is: their parents are coming a too, to keep an eye on them and
make sure their kids can stand on their own two feet. As the program says: “It
will be an eye opening experience, but will it bring them closer together or
drive them further apart
My opinion
Back here in the Netherlands we also got a
program such as this one. The only difference between the British version and
our version is that the parents also come a long on vacation to watch how their
own children behave while they are no longer under supervision of their
parents. The thing I was amazed by; was the fact that English people party way
harder than Dutch people do. It was fun to watch this episode, but it is not
really my cup of tea. I think you should trust your children and if they invade
your trust there should be other ways to deal with your children. Spying is not
the right answer; I do know that by adding spying in the program the ratings
will rise. I guess now a days ratings go before norms and values.
I have seen this show before, and I have to say it is fun to way once or twice. After that it is a bit more of the same really. Growing up is all about making your own decisions and learning from them. This show goes a bit against it just like Maud says. A parent should help when it is needed, not spy around the entire time.
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