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There are a lot of demoralizing and distressing stories of kid-on-kid harassment and abuse in this NYT piece on cyberbullying. But the single most depressing element? The reaction of one bully's parents: More »
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You know how reality TV in general is condescending and exploitative, to its audiences and participants both? Well CBS' new reality show Kid Nation — think Lord of the Flies without Simon plotting to kill and without Piggy tumbling to his death — is all these things but worse. Because, naturally, it involves children. So while last night's episode had the kids in question crying about being homesick and yearning for a stinky-free bathroom, it had critics crying for America's children and yearning for a less banal hour of television. (Pretty bad when Gossip Girl starts to look like Masterpiece Theatre, eh?) The critics speak, after the jump. More »
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