Baby Borrowers - We Only Wish They Were Kidding!
Last season we blogged Kid Nation and we thought then that reality TV had sunk about as low as it possibly could. We were wrong. Enter Baby Borrowers. This is one of those situations where if an extra-terrestrial landed on Earth and had the great misfortune of tuning in to NBC on Wednesdays at 9 PM, they would think, and rightly so, that they had discovered a cruel, masochistic life form. This is so bad that we won't be blogging about it - we can't bear to watch it - you have to draw the line somewhere!
The premise, for those of you clever enough to avoid such drivel, is that five teenage couples who have never before lived together, not only get a house in which to co-habit, but they get an infant to care for (and we use the term loosely). At least for a few days. We know what you're thinking - WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND GIVES OVER THEIR INFANT TO TEENAGE STRANGERS?!?!?!?!?!? Yes, well, this show requires that you suspend all intelligent impulses and questions, which is why we won't be blogging about it. We raised children. It's hard enough when YOU ARE the parents and YOU ARE adults and YOU DO live together.
Here's the good news: we can still be shocked and disgusted. We have not been so conditioned to reality television that we can accept anything thrown at us by the networks. Fortunately, we are not alone. Here's a paragraph from The New York Times:
One ad actually promotes this show as "birth control."
When did we as parents abdicate our responsibilities and leave it to reality television to teach our children right from wrong? Why would anyone let their teenagers learn life lessons from an entirely manipulated, revenue-driven load of crap like Baby Borrowers? Are parents that disinterested in their children? And if they are, perhaps they should have exercised birth control themselves.
(c) Photo Courtesy NBC Universal.
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The premise, for those of you clever enough to avoid such drivel, is that five teenage couples who have never before lived together, not only get a house in which to co-habit, but they get an infant to care for (and we use the term loosely). At least for a few days. We know what you're thinking - WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND GIVES OVER THEIR INFANT TO TEENAGE STRANGERS?!?!?!?!?!? Yes, well, this show requires that you suspend all intelligent impulses and questions, which is why we won't be blogging about it. We raised children. It's hard enough when YOU ARE the parents and YOU ARE adults and YOU DO live together.Here's the good news: we can still be shocked and disgusted. We have not been so conditioned to reality television that we can accept anything thrown at us by the networks. Fortunately, we are not alone. Here's a paragraph from The New York Times:
The American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry said that NBC should end The Baby Borrowers, a reality television show that separates babies and toddlers from their parents and places them temporarily with teenage strangers. "A child's sense of security should not be gambled with," said Robert Hendren, the president of the academy. NBC has said that the Baby Borrowers is a social experiment that can educate teenagers on the responsibilities of parenting. The parents are able to monitor their children through video cameras.
One ad actually promotes this show as "birth control."
When did we as parents abdicate our responsibilities and leave it to reality television to teach our children right from wrong? Why would anyone let their teenagers learn life lessons from an entirely manipulated, revenue-driven load of crap like Baby Borrowers? Are parents that disinterested in their children? And if they are, perhaps they should have exercised birth control themselves.
(c) Photo Courtesy NBC Universal.
Related Topics: Technorati Tags: Baby Borrowers, reality tv, parenting
