How can parents allow their children to do this? Where is the outrage? If people over 18 want to subject themselves to Survivor-like conditions, fine. They are adults and know what they are getting into. But KIDS? No.
It seems that parents were required to sign away all rights before allowing their kids onto the show.
See the Kid Nation waiver here.
The Smoking Gun Website puts it as follows:
By signing the agreement, a parent gave CBS the right to "search the Minor's person and the Minor's belongings (including, without limitation, by x-ray or similar device)." Additionally, the agreement notes, "Kid Nation" participants "will have no privacy," except when they are in the bathroom. Provided, of course, that the child is actually "in the process of showering, bathing, urinating, or defecating." Parents are also asked to attest that their offspring has never been convicted of a misdemeanor or felony, and has never had a restraining order entered against them. The agreement also includes a strict confidentiality clause covering media contacts and the disclosure of anything learned during the show's production. If a parent or minor violates these confidentiality provisions, they will be liable to CBS for a $5 million penalty, according to the agreement.
Disgusting.
