CHRIS QUINN: World's Strictest Parents turn monsters into kids
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Discipline. Sounds rather kinky, but without it, we end up whiny, self-centered, directionless, greedy, stupid brats who think we are owed everything we see and that consequences to our actions either don't exist or don't matter.
We end up like Paris Hilton, without all the money.
We all know kids and/or people who live like this, but it is never our kids or us, right? Yeah, sure.
Hey, count me in on this, too, because I was a monster in my early 20s, and currently I am paying for it big time. When the real world hits, it hits without remorse and with extreme prejudice.
Which is why I think I take such guilty pleasure in a show I stumbled upon over on CMT. “The World's Strictest Parents” pits two random out-of-control teens against parents who seem to get large amounts of smug pleasure out of laying down rules and the law. Season 1 is in the can, but you can find any of the eight Season 1 episodes airing throughout the week. Hit upwww.cmt.com for exact times.
Truthfully, I had no clue anything entertaining at all aired on CMT. Go figure. But this show is quite funny and almost addictive.
Sparks fly and usually lead to huge explosions when the teens and parents throw down. Within only an hour or two of meeting, fights begin. The series is literally full of brawls and tears. You could try and pick a best fight scene, but it would be difficult, there are so many. But sure enough, after a few days of parenting and meaningless labor as punishments, most of the kids turn around and begin to behave.
Who knows? Maybe I would have changed my walk when I was younger, too, if I was made to shovel wet, gooey cow crap into a large manure pit. This is one more thing I can add to my list of things I am thankful for: No. 9,287 — not growing up on a diary farm.
A good hook for Season 2 would be to drop the kids of the strict parents into the homes of the teens who have gone wild, just to see if all those rules stick. Or better yet, stick the kids of Democratic politicians with Republicans and vice versa. That would be a show worth watching. No, wait! Stick the kids of billionaires with millionaires to see how they would cope. That's the winner.
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