Parent Steps Forward to Defend Kid Nation

Lately, Kid Nation has been the subject of controversy, and one parent told Access Hollywood she’s frustrated with the fact that people are only interested in stirring up the negative aspects.

Lori, a lawyer from New Jersey, whose daughter Sophia is on the show, had this to say, “I know I speak for most of the parents when I say we are just mystified by this uproar and I guess it’s because people like to read sensational headlines.”

“Every time they show them, they cut out anything that might put the show in a good light, and it was such an amazing experience for these kids,” she said. “We really are so mystified by it. My daughter has nothing but great things to say about it. They had the time of their lives. I’m perplexed.”

“My child was better supervised there for six weeks than she could have had (she) been living with her family for six weeks. We don’t have her surrounded by doctors, and safety experts, and therapists, and producers and counselors.”

Regarding the controversy over child labor laws, “It wasn’t putting the kids in a situation where they had to work,” Lori said. “My daughter told me that there were so many kids that would just lay around the entire time and never did anything at all. So, my understanding from talking to my daughter was that kids could do as little or as much as they wanted to do. Nothing was forced at all.”

And on the issue of child endangerment, “I’ve been reading stuff that’s been coming down the pipe, and it’s really been distressing to me and most of the parents that have been involved with this production,” she said. “I’m a former prosecutor of child abuse and to label this show child abuse and child neglect is insulting and denigrating to children who have been victims of child abuse.”