A television station in England is seeking a Jamaican family to parent two troubled teens as part of a documentary being filmed about parenting cultures.
For the past few weeks the producers of the show have been advertising for parents in Jamaica to answer the call to be the parents for two British teenagers in need of discipline.
According to a show researcher, Freddie Foss-Smith, the response so far has been overwhelming. "We were inundated with responses, we have done radio interviews, newspaper and television interviews," he said.
He said they wanted a Jamaican family because they were known to be very strict and disciplined, and they teach children about authority. This he said was different from the British situation, where some parents have lost control of their children due to a lack of discipline.
The world's strictest
The documentary, which was commissioned by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), will be aired on the station later this year as part of a five part series titled The World's Strictest Parents. It is being made by Twenty Twenty TV for the BBC and will see teenagers living with parents in India, Ghana and Jamaica for a week. The team also intends to go to Alabama in the United States after they have finished filming in Jamaica.
The teens for the show were selected from a group of volunteers whom the producers recruited from schools, colleges and community organisations.
The producer of the show is currently in Jamaica interviewing the parents who applied to be a part of the series and hopes to begin filming in the next two weeks.
thats a gd idea children here dont get enough discipline and turn out spoilt and have no respect,i think parents will learn something from the program,i feel sorry for the teens tho