quote:Originally posted by SazBomb:quote:Originally posted by Queen of the High Teas:
I'm not sure what it's trying to achieve. The fact that the woman from the poor family spent all that money on a laptop when her kids need clothes seems to reinforce a very negative stereotype.
The family last week were lovely... the woman paid off all the bills and her daughters. Then with the next lot she started doing a course while the kids were at school so she could better provide for them
I dunno, it just feels a bit exploitative and wrong to use poor kids to teach rich kids how lucky they are. It all just smacks a bit of the Victorian concepts of the deserving and undeserving poor. I know that the poor familis are grateful and it's great that they are getting help. I just don't think an entertainment show is the right way of achieving that. I won't watch it again, I just didn't feel comfortable with it.