TV Show Looking for Atheist Parents… but There’s a Catch

I would never subject myself, let alone my children, to reality television that puts cameras in our house watching our every move, just waiting for a camera ready temper tantrum, or that one parenting moment that doesn’t go very well that will make all the viewers feel holier-than-thou because they would never feed their babies hot dogs and macaroni and cheese because they’re just too damned tired to try to get them to eat the organic non-dairy vegan soy dogs on gluten free rice flour buns.

Besides, my sister’s an atheist, too.

“Reality TV” is an oxymoron. All those crap shows are heavily edited and narrated or scripted to reflect whatever ‘reality’ they want to portray.

i hate anything where people are looking like jackasses arguing about private matters on t.v. for money.

As much as I like to get the “atheists – we’re just regular people too” message out there, this sounds like a disaster.  Run away at great speed.

since day one. i remember reading a piece about the first one on MTV, after it was over. they interviewed the cast. i read with interest because one of the guys on the show went to a high school near where i grew up. he was the guy who didn’t get a lot of face time on the finished product that was the broadcast show. the reason why? he took himself out of it, by getting stoned. a lot. he knew they couldn’t show that on the show. it seemed after a few weeks and getting to see for real how it was going to be edited and what the point of the show really was (not “reality”) he just waited out his contract and smoked a lot of good NYC bud. i respected him for that. 

Oh hurray. More arguing, anger, manufactured drama, and pointless conflict on television. Just what everyone needs.  Bet you five bucks most of the scenes between the parents are heavily edited to make it look like everyone is super stressed out all the time.

Unless you bring fundies into the mix, I can’t imagine the parenting styles between two such parties to be that different. “Opposite parenting styles” is quite an over-dramatization. I could see them trying to capitalize on every pernicious stereotype of each side that they can isolate.

Teaching safe sex instead of abstinence, critical thinking instead of believe authority, and tolerance instead of bigotry are some pretty opposite parenting styles.

*growls*  These guys never stop, do they?  

The “niche” fandom convention I volunteer as staff for is plagued with requests for stooges to go on TV and forever ruin their reputation—- errr, for people to show the TV audience how people in our fandom “really” are.  Too bad the producers tip their hands early with certain requirements for someone to audition.

Advice freely given, hard-earned, and heartfelt.  RUN.  Run away as fast as possible.  These TV shows want to show what *they* want the audience to see, and they’ll edit/cut/paste/imply whatever they can to make you look like a complete fool.  It’s not worth it.

 Yep.  The objectives of those shows are to make people look like morons for entertainment value.  The viewing audience learns NOTHING from them.  This would NOT be conducive to our cause.