<p>The British version of Wife Swap was a big hit in England. And let’s not forget Survivor was initially developed and shown in one of the Scandinavian countries (I think Norway), long before it came to the US. In fact, it made international news after one of the contestants killed himself after being voted off the island. Plenty of people are willing to demean themselves on television - it’s not just a Yank thing.</p>
<p>Makes a good case for banning heterosexual marriage (in order to protect the children).</p>
<p>I would definitely agree mini. One-parent households or foster homes are generally the fast track to success.</p>
<p>Eh, better off just to go on YouTube and get a nice dose of lonelygirl15 or something like thsat</p>
<p>I’d be interested in hearing what an entertainment lawyer had to say about how enforceable those contracts are. I’ve always heard that there are certain rights that a parent cannot sign away for a child. I’d imagine that the right to recover damages for the consequences of sexual assault would be one of them.</p>
<p>(ETA: As far as I know, there is no reason to believe that any sexual assaults occured or were foreseeable, but I bring it up because the contract “went there”).</p>
<p>“I would definitely agree mini. One-parent households or foster homes are generally the fast track to success.”</p>
<p>Compared with those folks on Wife Swap? Most definitely!</p>
<p>Conyat–I also question that. As well, can a company “define” work so that it isn’t work, and can parents sign off on that definition and set their kids up for what actually is work? I would think that that’s a pretty flabby detour around child labor laws.</p>
<p>Whoa mini, watch out. Some of those people could be on CC.
(did you check out the one about the uptight obsessed anxious mom who…)</p>