[Official Thread] Boys and Girls Alone

Kyle! · 24-02-2009, 10:00 PM

Originally Posted by buttons

omg that 9 yr old is a ****

that william bought a suit n rose n everything for her :@:@ he's so cute wot a BINT

I know... You seen his face at the end, he was heartbroken. To be honest, he was only 9 and he was the most mature out the lot.

Slowpoke · 24-02-2009, 10:03 PM

I bet that Maddy didn't even have a boyfriend back home, girls like her just love the drama. I feel really bad for him because he proper tried and that horse just messed him about. :@

Mathew · 24-02-2009, 10:12 PM

So I watched 2 mins of it.
Most crap program I've ever watched. I hate little annoying kids who think they're better than everyone else.

I saw the subtitles of someone say "I don't want to dance I have a boyfriend".
It's a little bit of stupid dancing for a stupid TV show, so if your boyfriend can't put up with that he's pathetic. Plus, she was only about 10 so their relationship is hardly gonna last".

Glad I didn't watch the rest of it now.. /rant.

buttons · 24-02-2009, 10:15 PM

oh god chill out lol
yeh there is a few that think they're better than everyone else + obviously they're too young to understand relationships what do u expect?

Jonster · 24-02-2009, 11:11 PM

Originally Posted by JackBuddy

@Jonster they used a variety of children, and the reason why so many of them had those fake cigarettes was due to peer pressure, which does happen in the real world you know. The programme is proving beneficial to the children too, some have even said that. It's teaching them life lessons.

Of course I know it happens in the real world...there's no need to act arrogant. Besides, I can imagine most of them come 3 years time will be smoking the real things, as they now deem it 'cool.' It'll damage them more than anything in the long term. I wouldn't agree that it is proving beneficial to all of the children, given some of the footage. In fact, I reckon that the majority of it wasn't aired due to it being too cruel.

Originally Posted by Dom C

I think you'll find the partents that have kids ion the show, allowed them to go on!

Which is true. But I think personally the show should have never been broadcast.

Originally Posted by Jord

If you got like £5000 For letting your kid stay away from home for 1 Month and no food bills to pay It is smart imo

Disgraceful parents then, if you ask me. Choosing money over your own child.

Originally Posted by Trinity

Preferred last week's episode, but this one was still pretty decent.
I can't stand any of the people who say that the show is cruel/child abuse/some other nonsense.

All of the children are learning that if they stick up for their selves more they won't just get ignored, they (sort of) learnt a bit about how to deal with money, how to look after their selves and each other, how to get along with other children of various ages.
The show is helping the parents of those children to understand their child better, and also helping any parents watching to understand their own child more.
And most importantly, William got himself a little girlfriend.

Oh so much child abuse.

How is the show not cruel? You think a 9 year old forced to live on their own because of some individuals isn't cruel? You think that having a group of girls or boys scream at you isn't cruel? You think that having two boys stand in front of you laughing at you doesn't even touch cruelty?

Sure, they are learning to stick up for themselves, but a lot of time it's best to walk away rather than start a fight over a tedious comment made by one person which evidently a lot of them unfortunately were doing so.

I completely agree with you that they are learning how to look after themselves and have a little more responsibility, but I think it's a little too young to be doing so at the age of 9.

J0SH · 24-02-2009, 11:28 PM

It's not cruel, the kids can leave whenever they want, they enjoy it there.

Trinity · 24-02-2009, 11:45 PM

Originally Posted by Jonster

How is the show not cruel? You think a 9 year old forced to live on their own because of some individuals isn't cruel? You think that having a group of girls or boys scream at you isn't cruel? You think that having two boys stand in front of you laughing at you doesn't even touch cruelty?

Sure, they are learning to stick up for themselves, but a lot of time it's best to walk away rather than start a fight over a tedious comment made by one person which evidently a lot of them unfortunately were doing so.

I completely agree with you that they are learning how to look after themselves and have a little more responsibility, but I think it's a little too young to be doing so at the age of 9.

They're not being forced at all, the children all wanted to be on the show. And no, that's not cruelty, that's called childhood, that's what happens. Just because it was filmed so other people can understand children better, it suddenly becomes cruelty?

They're not just learning when to stick up for themselves, they're also learning when to walk away, as some of the children have already demonstrated.

I don't think it's too young at all. Look at the state of the young people in this country, if they'd learnt how to be responsible, decent people at an early age, maybe things would be different.