MSNBC to air special on kids and discipline
MSNBC announced a special, hosted by Lester Holt, that will air on Sunday, October 9th at 9 pm EST. The special “Kids in Crisis” sounds like it will be powerful and dramatic television…
This extraordinary documentary traces an Indiana family’s battle with physical abuse within their family circle and the Indiana legal system. For the first time ever, viewers will see child-welfare officials remove two young boys from their home in the middle of the night.
“Kids in Crisis” explores a serious question– when does discipline cross the line and become abuse? MSNBC followed the Pitcock family’s heartbreaking story over a two-year period. A daughter claims she was abused by her stepfather, while her parents claim that their teen was not abused and cannot be controlled.
Within this hour, MSNBC takes a look at how this blended family of five slowly disintegrates. After years of handling domestic matters within their family, the government takes charge and has to judge the word of a teenager against her parents. The result dramatically changes their lives forever.
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Comment by Ms. Anonymous — September 26, 2005 @ 2:54 pm
BOooooorrrrrriiinnngggggggg…save this for the Women’s Network or something.
Get back to the news MSNBC.
“The special “Kids in Crisis” sounds like it will be powerful and dramatic television…”
What a bunch of BS.
Comment by Reader — September 26, 2005 @ 4:25 pm
I would love to see one of the cable news channels do an investigative piece on the No Child Left Behind act and how it has screwed up the education system. As an educator that would be must see tv.
Comment by Anonymous — September 26, 2005 @ 5:36 pm
At the risk of sounding really un-pc, I hope this isn’t another one of these shows where spanking a child is seen as automatically leading into abuse. There is a big difference between the two. Right now, I am in the restaurant business and I have seen too many out of control children together with some very oblivious parents. A couple of good licks will not kill them.
Comment by scott — September 27, 2005 @ 12:03 am
#3 My children are very active in the school system of their children. (PTO president many times over, Booster club pres. and active volunteers) etc. They are usually outraged at something every week. As you, I would love to see the same kind of program investigated without bias and giving the facts. I would think that the whole country would watch. I would want the truth, especially what is left behind due to the federally unfunded costs of this program. The propaganda put out there by the Bush administration and Education Secretary gives us their picture which is not a true picture of what is happening with education in this country.
Comment by Judy Stage — September 27, 2005 @ 12:12 pm