A BBC Three series called “The World’s Strictest Parents” has been taking up my time over recent days. I’ve had to watch all of it. All four seasons of it.
“What is it all about?” I hear you ask.
Well, put briefly, two teenagers from different parts of the UK who historically enjoy drugs, drink, partying, hurting their parents, being anti-social, are school-shy, college-shy, and work-shy, and completely out of control are flown off to a far off part of the world. Here they spend a week to ten days together living with a serene, hard grafting, peaceful and happy family, demonstrating to them how obnoxious and terrible children in the UK are. The teenagers abuse the family, break their property, steal cigarettes and alcohol, behave outrageously and bring turmoil into the otherwise peaceful neighbourhood. Sometimes they punch, push, shove and spit at their hosts.
All of their adventure is videoed by fly on the wall type cameras recording their entire experience.
The idea of this cultural exchange programme is that far away exotic places get to know all there is to know about our teenage generation, and vow never to visit the UK. In return, maybe, just maybe, by the time the teenagers return to the UK, a little bit of serenity and sense has rubbed off to them. Does it?
Naaaah.
Well, ok, they return to the UK and vow to be a bit nicer, but do they really change?
Naaaah!
What we never see is the completely destroyed family left behind, now infected with the British disease, who no doubt turn to drink and drugs and an anti-social life once the Brits have gone home.
What would I do differently for season 5 you ask?
Well, the programme needs to step up a notch. There needs to be at least one episode with the awful teenagers staying with the Taliban, for starters. Maybe another could feature teenagers spending time with a family of very hungry sharks or polar bears. Or both.
Leave it to me. I’ll spice it up for you.
England's England 
Being amazed by the high proportion of antisocial,disrespectful,work-shy,ill-mannered,crime-ridden new generation of adults that our various goverments are producing,due to there rediculous “softly-softly” policies, I find myself wondering,is that a true reprsentation of a british teenager in your photo?
Granted we can see the inane facial looks,with the classic glazed stare,but where are the facial piercings,tattoo's and massive holes in the earlobes?
Must be one of the more intelligent ones destined for Goverment with about as much idea of the outside world as William Haig
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