I think if they work out the kinks (aka, the bleach insident. I wonder how OSHA let them get away with that one?), it would be a great show.

Although, I have to admit, the first thing that came to my mind when I heard of the show was the book "The Lord of the Flies". Kids left on an island without any adult supervision....two are murdered, one dies in an accident, and another is hunted like a pig. The nice officer who saves them tells them, "I excepted more from some British boys," and yet, there he is in a war of his own....hmmmm....nice thoughts to chew on.

Yes, they are children, but I think if more children can understand that life requires work and that life isn't all fun and games and how imporatant it is to follow rules and listen to those in authority, the better.

The children’s definition of work is somewhat different. “Everyone usually had a job,” said Mike, an 11-year-old from Bellevue, Wash., who participated in the show. Among them were cooking, cleaning, hauling water and running the stores, where, he said: “It was hard work, but it was really good. It taught us all that life is not all play and no work.”
And if the kids were running their own place, they didn't have to work. They could have sat down and said, "I quit, I'm not doing this anymore."