Honey, We're Killing The Kids!

Another new series from TLC. One I don't think I'll be watching ever again. 15 minutes in and I already want to strangle the kids!

Anybody else watching?

Oh, and Shalom In The Home premieres next... maybe they'll stop showing that ridiculous commercial with the annoying jingle, GAH.

They take a family with really awful eating/excerising habits, and show the parents, with "advanced computer technology," what their kids will look like at the age of 40 if they continue down the path they're on. Then the whole family is put on a "program". They get rid of all the junk in the house and start fresh.

This is just AWFUL. These kids (aged 12, 10, and 7) are actually gagging and throwing up the healthy food at the dinner table. The mother actually had to FEED the youngest. Hand feed. And then he spit it all up in her hands. ARRRGGGHH!

After the commercial break: The oldest son packs his backpack, takes his bike, and tells the family, "I'm gone FOREVER!" Heee!

Updated On: 4/10/06 at 09:24 PM

"They", I'm assuming, are the producers and whatnot. And this nutritionist/program-director person, Lisa.

I'm sure it doesn't help that the parents have been LETTING them eat crap their whole lives, but it's not really awful. The entire family - parents included - is taking part in the new eating regime.

The two oldest boys just got a manners and etiquette mini-lecture from Lisa. That was pretty cute.

I saw this and thought "I don't have kids!"

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"THAT is where I drew the line. I'm never talking to Mom again!"

This kid is going to look back on the tapes in five years and be utterly humiliated.