I have been watching Kid Nation since the day it started and in the weeks since the kids have psychologically changed a great deal. Some have gone to being totally lazy and others have started doing everything they can to help others. This may be because of the gold star reward, but that's what real life is about. People do good things because of the rewards they may get, either materially or psychologically. The choices the town council makes of the group prizes that are offered have, so far, been very good choices. Some of these choices do help one group or another, but they all have been fair choices for the long-run good of the citizens of Bonanza, not just a momentary good feeling. In summation, this is a very good TV show and I would recommend it to everyone.

My kids and I had several good short conversations during the show. Actually during the irrelevant commercial breaks. We enjoyed talking about how they might treat the younger kids and what they would do when the older kids were being disrespectful to the others. Having money as a reward makes for an easy conversation about personal motivation.

I seen 1 of the Episodes of them killing a chicken.

I can't believe that "helped me decide," "had useful details," and "read my mind" are the only options for agreeing or disagreeing with the reviews people have written on this site. And I 100% disagree with the people (100% of people who voted, each) who thought the TV show "Kid Nation" had violence/was too violent and had inappropriate sexual content. Furthermore, people who called for "Kid Nation" to be banned and railed against the show for "child abuse"/"child labor," etc., and critics of "Kid Nation" probably haven't watched the show.

Not only do kids get to finally watch reality tv that they can relate to but watching kids their own age "roughing it" in an old time setting is priceless. We watch as a family and my kids (9 and 13) have opinions about all the situations and how they think they should be handled. Good wholesome fun.

What started as a good concept was ruined by the kids chosen to run this town. Out of the millions of kids in America, they had to choose the 40 that have the least common sense and maturity? My two dogs could run a better town then these kids, solely because of their whiny little atitudes; even the teenagers are spoiled! Again, this is a good show, but there are better ones on TV today.