Brat Camp

Yes I hate reality shows too, but I always watch the first season before they get overrun by Hollywood- starlet-wannabes. I skipped the reunion special of Beauty and The Geek because I saw a the Jimmy Kimmel interview of Richard and confirmed my predictions that he wasn't going to win but he would be famous by default and the winners would never be seen from again. It was fixed.
Brat Camp features a bunch of whiners with weak parents who are growing up to be dangerous savages. This show went on and proved my theory that I've had for years, the worst thing you can do for a child is adoption, yes even worse then abortion.
Half of these kids were either adopted or permanently missing a parent. Four of the kids stood out the most. A kid with ADHD/ADD(fake disorders), a spoiled girl who lies, a troubled girl with history and an angry future killer.
Starting with the future killer Frank, 15, Sacramento he is one of those punks you meet who's always on the edge of beating up anyone smaller than him. Everyone on the show finds him creepy and the fake-Indian counselors are eyeing him like a hawk.
Next Derek, 14, Little Rock the smallest and youngest with the "disorder" he "can't sit still" according to his parents/guardians yet five minutes into a nature walk and he's exhausted also during forced wake-up he can barely move. Hmm, no sign of ADHD/ADD after one day of discipline fascinating.
Next up Lexie, 17, St Helena the one that has real problems at first the show was skirting the issue but it was obvious that she was molested. Eventually during letter reading time she said how she was violated by a horse owner. Like other survivors of abuse she wrongly blames herself while the people really to blame are the pervert and her parents who hand over a budding girl to a man for hours at a time.
And my personal favorite Jada, 15, Boston who answered the question Where does a brat crap in the wilderness? She's a compulsive liar and slutty and gets high, yes she's near perfect. Within minutes of going to the campsite she was crying and begging to go home. Everyone in the show hates her attitude and being the only one with none abandonment issues she is predicted to be the easiest to break.
The premise is to keep these kids tired and hungry 60 miles away from any town and every once in a while have a psychologist analyze them without all the energy to talkback. The first thing they did was learn a strict wake-up routine and then they hiked with 40lb backpacks. They get rocks to carry as punishment for cursing, nice, arm Frank with light weapons. The humor in the show is awkward especially around Lexie. But when someone crapped in the brush they circled it bowed their heads and waited for the "Dooker" to admit the truth, it was Jada and she told one truth so far.
I'm disappointed in ABC for dropping the "choosing neighbors" show because of conservative pressure this show sits well with the right wing agenda. They only other thing about the show that bothers me are the Camp staffs ridiculous names, if they were really Native American the names would have meaning but they're not so the head staffer Glacier Wolf Can Something, I think, sounds like an idiot. I hope at the end the kids don't all get a spirit name. It's more disrespectful then crapping in the bush.