Household Tyrants
There is a program on television that is a reality show that tries to help families. A relative calls the show and asks for help with a troubled adolescent. That adolescent receives help from the show's psychologists and is taught to rethink his relationship with his parents and other family members. It doesn't stop being a reality show. It only treats the adolescent for about two weeks and then hands him off to local psychologists and reha b centers. Still, it has a large public for a couple of reasons. One is the usual; we all love to see inside a family, have its prob lems explained and see them kicking and screaming at each other . As humans we are vo y eurs of others' problems and love to shake our head s and pat ourselves on the back when they don't affect us. The other reason i s the increase in problem ado lescents. It can be seen in schools and gra des. When my generation went to school here, only one or two would fail in June. Rarely would someone be kept ...