0:00:02 > 0:00:06Around the world, many parents raise their kids on a diet of strict discipline...
0:00:06 > 0:00:09Do not come back until you have checked your answers.
0:00:09 > 0:00:16- Rigid boundaries...- Drinking, drugs, and sex - they're selfish behaviours that destroy lives.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18And immediate consequences.
0:00:18 > 0:00:20Come on.
0:00:20 > 0:00:26You might say my parents are strict but we'd rather call it love.
0:00:29 > 0:00:33But can traditional parenting change the lives of rebellious British teenagers?
0:00:35 > 0:00:38I need some more booze, where's my booze?
0:00:38 > 0:00:41As soon as someone says you will do this, the first thing I say is, "No I won't."
0:00:41 > 0:00:45I get away with murder really, like I can just do anything I want.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48Big lack of respect for authority.
0:00:48 > 0:00:52I go to bed when I want. I wake up when I want.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55I don't care what anyone else thinks about me cos it's up to me, isn't it?
0:00:55 > 0:01:00To find out, two teens who've never met before will leave their fraught families behind...
0:01:00 > 0:01:02Don't. If that was your family...
0:01:02 > 0:01:04and head off to the far corners of the world
0:01:04 > 0:01:08where they will live according to strict rules imposed by new parents.
0:01:08 > 0:01:12In my house, you're going to do as I tell you to do.
0:01:12 > 0:01:16Please let me make it very clear, my children won't defy me.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19This is wrecking my head. This is wrecking my head.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22When I punish, I punish really hard.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25I'm sick of being treated like a little kid when I'm not.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27- Shut up and listen to me. - Get upstairs.- No.
0:01:27 > 0:01:31You are towelled, you are mine. In the US, you have to do what an adult says.
0:01:31 > 0:01:32They are actually insane.
0:01:32 > 0:01:38The British people's moral fabric is disintegrating.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52You've woke up in a right mood this morning.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55- No I haven't woken up in a mood. - Yes, you have.- No, I haven't.
0:01:55 > 0:02:00You were the one that turned round and said you're bloody tired. Why're you tired? because you stayed out
0:02:00 > 0:02:03the night before last, you went out last night bloody drinking, that's why.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05Mum, I'm going out.
0:02:05 > 0:02:09For 17-year-old, Bex Keene, life is a party.
0:02:09 > 0:02:14My mum thinks I'm a druggie, my dad thinks I'm a waster, thinks I'm gonna get pregnant.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17- What do you mean, abuse my body? - The drugs and drink, Bex.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19- You don't even know. - No, of course we don't.
0:02:19 > 0:02:25We've tried absolutely everything with Bex, all different kinds of grounding, punishing.
0:02:25 > 0:02:27You name it, we've done it.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29I just don't like them. What?
0:02:29 > 0:02:31- Will you be home tonight?- I dunno.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34Bex and boys, she's a dog on heat.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36Smell my hair, does it smell nice?
0:02:36 > 0:02:40Lovely. I have loads of boy mates, I shag most of them.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45I like to have a bit of a drink. Where's the other bottle?
0:02:45 > 0:02:48You could pick her up, put her in a convent, and she'd be buggered, wouldn't she?
0:02:48 > 0:02:55To her parents' dismay, her partying lost Bex her place at college and her job at McDonalds.
0:02:55 > 0:02:59I can't be bothered to get up and go to work
0:02:59 > 0:03:04- or go to college.- She's completely and utterly lost. She is an alien.
0:03:08 > 0:03:1216-year-old, Chezden Dundee is in love with his hair.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15Yeah, Chezden spends a lot of time doing his hair.
0:03:15 > 0:03:19Every little hair has got to be in the right place.
0:03:19 > 0:03:25- I might look like a- BLEEP - but at least I'm happy, you know what I mean?
0:03:25 > 0:03:30Chezden came out to his mum when he was 13.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33It doesn't bother me him being gay at all
0:03:33 > 0:03:36but he's...
0:03:36 > 0:03:38behaving like a tart.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42Chezden enjoys shocking people with his exploits.
0:03:42 > 0:03:48I should be a sex therapist, I love talking about sex. It's well juicy, innit?
0:03:48 > 0:03:52Chezden's mum, Sylvia, is seriously ill with heart disease but that
0:03:52 > 0:03:56doesn't stop him from treating her like a personal servant.
0:03:56 > 0:03:57Put it on spin.
0:03:57 > 0:04:05Three year ago I had a heart attack, I couldn't get stressed so I let things go.
0:04:05 > 0:04:11Instead of getting stressed and shouting, I started to let things slide a bit and I think that's why
0:04:11 > 0:04:18now he thinks he can do as he pleases and he doesn't have to help out or do anything.
0:04:18 > 0:04:22I wouldn't like to say I boss my mum around but I do like getting my own way.
0:04:22 > 0:04:29I sometimes wash up if my mum pays me, and then I sometimes get paid for washing up and don't do it.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32He doesn't do anything, very lazy.
0:04:32 > 0:04:37Chezden has no contact with his dad, who left before he was born.
0:04:37 > 0:04:44I don't really think I need a dad cos, I mean, I've got my mum and that's all I need really.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47It's like you don't miss what you've never had.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49Can I feed all the room in that shirt?
0:04:52 > 0:04:55Both families have decided to send their troubled teens away to spend
0:04:55 > 0:05:03- eight days in the American South with parents who demand obedience. - Behave.- I will behave.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05- Love you.- Bye, Bex.
0:05:05 > 0:05:09- With a bit of luck she'll come back our old Bex.- Maybe, yeah.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12And we'll get on with our lives.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15I'd like Chezden to learn something from this experience
0:05:15 > 0:05:20and I'm hoping that he's going to learn to show me more respect.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23- Hiya, you all right? - Hello, you all right? Yeah, you?
0:05:23 > 0:05:24I'm Chez.
0:05:24 > 0:05:25I'm Bex.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29GOSPEL MUSIC PLAYS
0:05:29 > 0:05:34The British teens will be flying 4,200 miles to Atlanta, Georgia.
0:05:34 > 0:05:40Many of the city's population are devout Christians like the Kimbroughs, the family
0:05:40 > 0:05:43with whom the British teens will be staying for the next 10 days.
0:05:43 > 0:05:47There are two sons, DJ, 15 and Aja, 12.
0:05:47 > 0:05:51Wanda is a school administrator and David is a Baptist preacher.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53What is wrong with you, honey?
0:05:53 > 0:05:56HE SCREAMS
0:05:58 > 0:06:02When I say no, I mean no.
0:06:04 > 0:06:10The Kimbroughs believe in the divine right of parents to chastise their children.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13One of the things that's really important to us is God.
0:06:13 > 0:06:19It's important for us to be able to instil that in our children, and secondly for our children to walk
0:06:19 > 0:06:25in obedience, obedience to God first and foremost, and obedience to us as their parents.
0:06:25 > 0:06:30Wanda Kimbrough demands that her children treat her like a queen.
0:06:30 > 0:06:35Make sure you get all of the dishes washed and that they're washed well.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37I'm not just the queen, I'm the homework queen.
0:06:37 > 0:06:43- Do not come back until you have checked your answers, do you understand?- Yes, Mom.
0:06:43 > 0:06:48- OK.- I think one of the worst things our kids could do is to lie to us.
0:06:48 > 0:06:52We don't believe in smoking, drinking or using profanity.
0:06:52 > 0:06:57It's just things of that nature that so many people in society think are no big deal.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59They are a big deal to us.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01For the next eight days, Chezden and Bex will have
0:07:01 > 0:07:06their lives dictated by the Kimbroughs' strict moral code.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12After their nine-hour flight to Atlanta,
0:07:12 > 0:07:16it's already clear that Chezden and Bex have plenty in common.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19Why are people strict in the first place?
0:07:19 > 0:07:23- So the kids don't end up like us. - THEY LAUGH
0:07:27 > 0:07:31I bet everybody knows everyone's business around here.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33Yeah, it's like Desperate Housewives.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35Oh, God, I bet they'll be so warped, in't they?
0:07:35 > 0:07:38They're gonna be typical Yanks. SHE BELCHES
0:07:38 > 0:07:40- Sorry.- Oh, that is so disgusting.
0:07:40 > 0:07:45- Sorry, sorry.- Do you know, you can fart all you want but when people burp it actually makes me heave.
0:07:45 > 0:07:46I need a cigarette.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48I do.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52- Hi.- Hi.- Hello.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55- How are you? - I'm Chez.- Chez.
0:07:55 > 0:07:56- I'm Aja.- David.- Hello.
0:07:56 > 0:08:00Hello, I'm David. Nice to meet you.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03- Hello.- Hi, I'm Wanda.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05Can we have a cigarette here?
0:08:05 > 0:08:07- Excuse me? - Can we have a cigarette here?
0:08:07 > 0:08:09No, no, no, no.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11We've been in the car for so long.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14- Really, do you smoke?- Yeah. - Do both of you smoke?- Yeah.
0:08:14 > 0:08:15Ah, we don't do cigarettes.
0:08:15 > 0:08:19- We don't do any smoking at all. - On the ground. I'll buy you some gum.
0:08:19 > 0:08:23Chez. Chez, I promise you.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25Chez, can you save some of that please.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27I need a lighter.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29I won't chase you.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32I won't chase you but you're gonna need more than this rain
0:08:32 > 0:08:35to put out the fire if you light that cigarette.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37You wanna start this trip being defiant?
0:08:37 > 0:08:41- No!- Put it out.
0:08:41 > 0:08:45You're not getting off to a good start with the Kimbroughs.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47That would be your last cigarette.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50- Your last cigarette. - That's an empty pack, by the way.
0:08:50 > 0:08:54OK. And if you've got more, they're gonna be empty by the time you leave.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56That's what we do in Atlanta.
0:08:56 > 0:09:00The teens have made an immediate impression on the Kimbrough boys.
0:09:00 > 0:09:05I thought my mom... I could tell she was trying to restrain her anger
0:09:05 > 0:09:09because if that was anybody else she would have probably killed them.
0:09:09 > 0:09:13I probably would get a whupping or I would probably get kicked out.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16I'd probably have to go find somewhere to live.
0:09:20 > 0:09:24This is the room of angels, so when you walked in the door, there was
0:09:24 > 0:09:31an angel assigned to you, and when you walked across the threshold you became a part of our family.
0:09:31 > 0:09:38- Wanda is apparently not aware that she has ever met an openly gay person.- I'm a pretty boy.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41- A pre... a pretty... a pretty boy? - What's a pretty boy?
0:09:41 > 0:09:45- A boy that's pretty. - A boy that's pretty. A pretty boy.
0:09:45 > 0:09:52In America pretty boy may mean something slightly different than it does in the UK.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55What does pretty boy mean in America?
0:09:55 > 0:09:57Pretty boy in America means that... erm.
0:09:57 > 0:10:03- Pretty boy means that you are...- Gay.
0:10:03 > 0:10:08- A homosexual.- Erm... to put it bluntly.- Yeah, I am.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10- Would that be you?- Yeah.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13- Oh.- Don't worry, I'm not gonna like bum in your house or anything.
0:10:13 > 0:10:17Oh, we're not concerned about that. We're not concerned about that.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20- We're not concerned about you doing anything you don't have permission to do.- OK.
0:10:20 > 0:10:24They're either acting or they are actually insane.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27Like no-one can actually be like that, I just don't believe it.
0:10:27 > 0:10:31They're not all there. Let's just say they're not the full ticket.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34Let me get the two of you to have a seat over here for me.
0:10:34 > 0:10:35What, on this table?
0:10:35 > 0:10:38Yeah, that table, the formal table for the formal...
0:10:38 > 0:10:40The Kimbroughs call a meeting.
0:10:40 > 0:10:44In every civilised society there are rules
0:10:44 > 0:10:48for which we are to conduct ourselves, so that's what this meeting's all about.
0:10:48 > 0:10:52Wanda and David want to make their expectations as clear as possible.
0:10:52 > 0:10:57We're gonna give you the home rules contract for the Kimbrough family.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01You don't have to commit anything to memory.
0:11:01 > 0:11:07There is a consequence for every action, so we want you to think before you act.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10Education is extremely important in the Kimbrough home.
0:11:10 > 0:11:15You are expected to maintain no less than a B+ average in every class.
0:11:15 > 0:11:19Profanity is used by people with limited vocabularies and people with
0:11:19 > 0:11:23the inability to intelligently express their displeasure.
0:11:23 > 0:11:29The Kimbrough Family is highly intelligent and only uses language that illustrates our intelligence.
0:11:29 > 0:11:33Would you please move the clipboard because I want to be able to see your facial expressions.
0:11:33 > 0:11:37Thanks. When you are being reprimanded or corrected,
0:11:37 > 0:11:44you are required to respond, yes, ma'am, no, ma'am, yes, sir, no, sir.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46There is no smoking.
0:11:46 > 0:11:51There is no drinking. All of that is strictly prohibited.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53Christianity is very important to the Kimbrough Family.
0:11:53 > 0:11:58We encourage every family memory to foster a personal relationship with God.
0:11:58 > 0:12:04This family attends church two times per week, your attendance is not optional.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07I just can't believe that people actually live like this.
0:12:07 > 0:12:12It's just...it's so different from our life.
0:12:12 > 0:12:16We need you to sign the copies that are before you.
0:12:16 > 0:12:22For their eight-day stay, Chez's and Bex's behaviour will be subject to the Kimbrough's 1,000 word contract.
0:12:22 > 0:12:28All them rules, there was four pages of rules.
0:12:28 > 0:12:32- Four pages and they've all got a title.- With bullet points.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34Verbal communication.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37- They are a bit snobby.- Oh, my god.
0:12:37 > 0:12:43They will break before we break, because we are not quitters.
0:12:45 > 0:12:50The teens may have put pen to paper but they're not in the habit of playing by the rules.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02OK, now?
0:13:02 > 0:13:03Ash!
0:13:07 > 0:13:09If they could see us now!
0:13:09 > 0:13:13- They're actually really shocked and they think we're really naughty and stuff.- Eeep!
0:13:13 > 0:13:15Quick!
0:13:17 > 0:13:19Can't win.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24Where's me spray... we'll have a quick.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27I've got no other smelly stuff.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29I can't get it out.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34Why do we smell smoke?
0:13:34 > 0:13:36Where?
0:13:36 > 0:13:41- No.- I've been pretty cool, calm, and collected but you really don't want to make me angry.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44So it seems to me somebody's been smoking.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47Did you step out on the balcony, did it blow back in?
0:13:47 > 0:13:49Please tell me you wasn't smoking in my home.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52- We weren't smoking. - So why do we smell smoke?
0:13:52 > 0:13:56It might be cos I've opened my suitcase because half the stuff in there is...
0:13:56 > 0:13:57Oh, OK. Are you sure?
0:13:57 > 0:14:00- Well, yeah. - Just so that you know, I am livid.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03And I'm livid because I think that you're being untruthful.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06And I don't believe the crap for one moment that you opened
0:14:06 > 0:14:10your bag and that much smoke came out of your bag.
0:14:10 > 0:14:15What I expect most of all is for you to be truthful and I don't believe that you're being truthful.
0:14:15 > 0:14:21You did not just open your bag and the smell of smoke came out, that is a lie.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23So admit that it was a lie.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25It was a lie.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27Were you smoking in here?
0:14:27 > 0:14:28No, on the balcony.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31That's disappointing.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34That's after you clearly understood the rules.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37There is no smoking inside the house.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40- Or out.- There is no smoking outside the house.
0:14:40 > 0:14:45There is no smoking in America as far as you're concerned.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48That is utterly disrespectful.
0:14:48 > 0:14:52Do you understand that as long as you are in America
0:14:52 > 0:14:57under my authority, under our authority, there will be no smoking?
0:14:57 > 0:14:59Do you understand that?
0:14:59 > 0:15:02- Yeah.- Yes, ma'am.- Yes, ma'am.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06- Do you understand that, Bex? - Yes, ma'am.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12Privacy is a privilege in the Kimbrough household.
0:15:12 > 0:15:20Wanda and David inspect their sons' rooms regularly. It'll be no different for Chez and Bex.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22Chez, are you gonna wait in your room?
0:15:22 > 0:15:24- Yeah.- Thank you.
0:15:24 > 0:15:28Being like told what to do and, like, you are a child,
0:15:28 > 0:15:31you're not important, you don't matter personally.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33It's just like...
0:15:33 > 0:15:35I dunno.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38It kinda makes you feel like shit, to be honest.
0:15:38 > 0:15:44The Kimbroughs believe that teenage girls should dress modestly, Bex doesn't.
0:15:44 > 0:15:48- Whoa, what is this?- A skirt.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50Where's the rest of it?
0:15:50 > 0:15:52Why do you need a condom?
0:15:52 > 0:15:56Well, if you like go out
0:15:56 > 0:15:59and then you have sex.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01So you're sexually active?
0:16:01 > 0:16:03- Yeah.- Are you married?- No.
0:16:03 > 0:16:07Well, we believe that sex is reserved for married people.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10Chezden leaves the house without permission.
0:16:10 > 0:16:14- Your son went for a walk.- You let him go for a walk by himself?
0:16:14 > 0:16:15He was gone before I knew it.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18I heard the door close and I went...
0:16:18 > 0:16:20- Who, Chez?- Yes.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22I'm actually shaking, I'm that angry.
0:16:27 > 0:16:33I'm still glad I came cos it's experience and I'll learn from it,
0:16:34 > 0:16:37but at the moment
0:16:37 > 0:16:39all I've learned is that
0:16:39 > 0:16:41black Christians are insane.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43That's all I've learned.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45- You took a trip?- Yeah.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47- You know you did that without permission?- I know.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50And while you were out walking, getting breath
0:16:50 > 0:16:52- did you have another smoke?- Yeah.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55- Do you have cigarettes on you?- No. - How did you light the cigarette?
0:16:55 > 0:16:58- What? - Do you have a lighter on you?- No.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01- How did you light the cigarette? - I've got matches on me.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04- OK. Let me have them. - I'm not giving you them.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07- You're gonna give me the matches. - No.- Yes, you are.- I'm not.
0:17:07 > 0:17:13OK. I'm not gonna ask you again, you're in my house and we don't have matches in my house.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16I'm not giving you my lighter or matches or anything.
0:17:16 > 0:17:18You are gonna give me your matches.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20- I'm not.- Yes, you are. - No I'm not, though.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23OK. You wanna push me there? You wanna take me there?
0:17:23 > 0:17:27- Yeah.- You're in my house.- I'm not going to give you the matches.
0:17:27 > 0:17:28- Yes, you are.- No I'm not.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31OK, do you want me to take them cos I will if I have to.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34- That's physical force, you can't do that.- I don't care.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37Yes, I can, you're in my house, you're a child, you're a minor.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39In the US, you have to do what an adult says.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42You are a minor, you're not grown, and in my house,
0:17:42 > 0:17:45if I ask for matches, you've gotta give them to me.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48So I'm gonna give you a chance to cooperate with me.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53You're not in the UK, you're in my home.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57Now give them up.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02Right. I won't put them in your house then.
0:18:02 > 0:18:06- I'm sorry? I didn't understand that. - I won't put the matches in your house.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09You don't need matches in my house, give them up.
0:18:11 > 0:18:15Do you really think no-one's gonna have a lighter in America?
0:18:16 > 0:18:20Yeah, there's plenty of people have lighters and matches in America
0:18:20 > 0:18:22but what I expect of you is to be obedient.
0:18:24 > 0:18:29It is quite unbelievable that two teenagers
0:18:29 > 0:18:32that met 24 hours ago
0:18:32 > 0:18:39could band together and wreak the havoc in one home that they have managed.
0:18:39 > 0:18:46It feels like this is the end of the trip, and yet it's the first day.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48I can't believe it.
0:18:48 > 0:18:52Oh, I mean, I'm actually just gonna die.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01ALARM BEEPS
0:19:02 > 0:19:06Day 2 and it's another first for Chez and Bex.
0:19:06 > 0:19:10Rather than getting ready to go out partying, they're getting ready to go to church.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13- Are those navy or black?- Navy.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15OK, the ones you have on are better.
0:19:15 > 0:19:20- All right. - Cool. Can you come downstairs?
0:19:20 > 0:19:25For the Kimbroughs it's essential that their new children make a good impression on the congregation.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28Just remember that you're representing us and remember that
0:19:28 > 0:19:33our roles there, we're not just parishioners, we are the head.
0:19:33 > 0:19:38That's the pastor over there, I'm his wife, and what people
0:19:38 > 0:19:44think about us as the leaders and our children is very important.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47- We're stuck in America... - There's a group there.
0:19:47 > 0:19:51- With some religious freaks, yeah. - I think the Bible's a load of shit.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53I think it's a load of stoners who thought,
0:19:53 > 0:19:55"Oh, we'll make some money out of that."
0:19:55 > 0:19:56Like Bigfoot.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59What are you going on about? Bigfoot's real.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02GOSPEL MUSIC
0:20:02 > 0:20:05Sunday is a big day in Atlanta.
0:20:05 > 0:20:10There are 1,000 places of worship in the city and many of them are Baptist churches.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13The Kimbroughs own their own church.
0:20:13 > 0:20:20Their services last over three hours and they regard disrespectful behaviour as an offence to God.
0:20:20 > 0:20:24They've never been to church so this is going to be a great experience
0:20:24 > 0:20:27for them cos I think church is gonna...
0:20:27 > 0:20:33- Church is gonna be good. - The teens holy marathon begins with Sunday school.
0:20:33 > 0:20:37I'll see you guys in about 20 minutes, OK?
0:20:37 > 0:20:41Have you guys heard about children of Israel, have you read the Bible before?
0:20:41 > 0:20:45Today's lesson is a detailed analysis of the Book of Ezekiel.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47- Do you guys know what an idol is?- What?
0:20:47 > 0:20:50- Do you know what an idol is? - Like American Idol?
0:20:50 > 0:20:57Unknown to the teens, Wanda's office computer is linked up to the church's security cameras.
0:20:57 > 0:20:58You awake?
0:20:58 > 0:21:01You awake? OK. Now I'm gonna tell you, you want
0:21:01 > 0:21:06to pay attention because when we go upstairs we stand in front of everybody and review our lesson.
0:21:06 > 0:21:12So everybody says one thing about the lesson and...
0:21:12 > 0:21:14It's really so unbelievable
0:21:14 > 0:21:19and the whispering that they're doing is kinda driving me insane.
0:21:19 > 0:21:23Spiritually they have been...
0:21:23 > 0:21:26It's like I feel like they're plotting.
0:21:26 > 0:21:27Does somebody have a question?
0:21:27 > 0:21:29No, I'm just bored. Can we go, please?
0:21:29 > 0:21:31Oh, OK. You wanna come and sit right here?
0:21:31 > 0:21:34Can we go upstairs to get some fresh air?
0:21:34 > 0:21:38No, not yet. We're almost done, all right? We've got about ten more minutes, OK?
0:21:38 > 0:21:42- Do you want to go now?- Yeah.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47- Jeffrey?- Yes, ma'am?
0:21:47 > 0:21:50Good morning. Chez, where are you going?
0:21:50 > 0:21:52- Uh-uh,- Chez.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54Chez!
0:21:58 > 0:22:00Run, run, run, run, run!
0:22:00 > 0:22:04- The hill, the hill. - In the trees, in the trees!
0:22:06 > 0:22:08All this God shit.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11We're prisoners.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14- Can't believe I'm stood in the- BLEEP- forest in the rain,
0:22:14 > 0:22:17trying to have a fag with a Bible on my head, it's ridiculous.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23I have no appreciation
0:22:23 > 0:22:27for spending my Sunday morning, my Sunday morning of worship,
0:22:27 > 0:22:33I have absolutely no appreciation for spending my Sunday morning
0:22:33 > 0:22:39chasing two disorderly, disruptive teenagers in the rain,
0:22:39 > 0:22:43absolutely no appreciation for that, none.
0:22:46 > 0:22:47By running out of church,
0:22:47 > 0:22:51the teens have offended everything the Kimbroughs hold dear.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53No. Oh, my God.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58You disobeyed my order.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01I took you to the classroom and that's where I expected you to stay.
0:23:01 > 0:23:02It is boring.
0:23:02 > 0:23:04I don't care if it's boring, you don't get to choose.
0:23:04 > 0:23:08- Well, we did!- We couldn't take it any longer, we needed to go out.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10Take it any longer? You were only there for five minutes.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12Is there a mirror? My hair's a mess.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15You don't get a mirror. You chose to go stand out in the rain,
0:23:15 > 0:23:18so whatever fool you look like, that's what you're gonna look like
0:23:18 > 0:23:20to the people that meet you for the first time.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22I don't look like a fool, I just don't look as good.
0:23:22 > 0:23:23Well, you don't look as good.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26I feel bored and fed up, it's just so shit.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29It's actually quite comfy here, innit?
0:23:29 > 0:23:32Look at me. Don't use profanity in this sanctuary.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34Every place in this building...
0:23:34 > 0:23:37- Sit up! Take your arm down and sit up.- No.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39- You will.- No, I won't. - You will.- No, I won't.
0:23:39 > 0:23:43- You will not use profanity in this building.- (LAUGHS)
0:23:43 > 0:23:45You will not. Let's go!
0:23:49 > 0:23:52'Guilt is always an indication...'
0:23:52 > 0:23:53Yes, sir!
0:23:53 > 0:23:55That God is working on the inside of you.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57SHOUTING
0:23:57 > 0:24:00Guilt comes as a result for you to look at your ways
0:24:00 > 0:24:04and evaluate whether you are doing the right thing or not.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06Remember it doesn't matter what it feels like.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11Chez and Bex are made to sit through
0:24:11 > 0:24:14the remaining two hours of the service.
0:24:18 > 0:24:20- Sin is sin.- Yes.
0:24:20 > 0:24:21Wrong is wrong.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23Ain't no big sin and no little sin.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25All sin is sin.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27It's all about the evils of drinking, smoking
0:24:27 > 0:24:29and sex outside marriage.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32For Chezden, it's a foreign language.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35I can't change being gay, I can't change who I am.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38Plus I think the temptation of sex and drinking
0:24:38 > 0:24:39is just too much really.
0:24:39 > 0:24:43They're very sheltered, like, and they don't understand.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46I literally doubt half of the people in there have ever been laid.
0:24:49 > 0:24:53The Kimbroughs treat Chezden and Bex to lunch in a restaurant.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55Lord, we thank you for this food we're about to receive
0:24:55 > 0:24:57and praise you for blessing the nourishment
0:24:57 > 0:24:59for these wonderful bodies you have given us...
0:24:59 > 0:25:03It's an opportunity to find out more about the teens' lives in Britain.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05Do you have a boyfriend?
0:25:05 > 0:25:06No.
0:25:06 > 0:25:11I went out with a boy for two years and then we split up two years ago.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14For two years! When did you start dating?
0:25:14 > 0:25:16When I was 13.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19- 13?- Yeah.
0:25:19 > 0:25:21Like, when I bring guys home and I asked her, like,
0:25:21 > 0:25:24why she doesn't ever talk to 'em proper.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27She said it was cos she knows I don't keep 'em.
0:25:27 > 0:25:31So at 16, you have open gay relationships.
0:25:31 > 0:25:35No, not open. Like, I don't cheat on people or anything like that.
0:25:35 > 0:25:36- No, she means...- No, I mean...
0:25:36 > 0:25:40- Other people know about it. - I mean, it's not a private thing.
0:25:40 > 0:25:42- It's not like a secret in the closet thing.- No, no.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45It's just right out, right out in the open.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47Period.
0:25:47 > 0:25:51- And your family, everyone's OK with that? Your mom?- Yeah.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54I'm just in shock that you're so carefree about it.
0:25:54 > 0:25:58Usually a person's sexual experiences,
0:25:58 > 0:26:01especially when they're not married, they're usually private.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03You know, the teenagers here,
0:26:03 > 0:26:05if they're sexually active and things like that,
0:26:05 > 0:26:08- they're trying to keep it quiet. - Sh-sh-sh!- They're not....
0:26:08 > 0:26:10Not for God and everybody to see and hear.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13This has been a really good dinner.
0:26:13 > 0:26:14- Yeah.- I bet it has.
0:26:14 > 0:26:18It felt real good to touch on it, very enlightening.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21We still have all of food in front of us. We've lost our appetites.
0:26:21 > 0:26:25- If we'd have told them how many people we'd slept with... - Oh, my god! Oh, my god!
0:26:25 > 0:26:28- They would have actually just died. - I think they would have.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31- Can you imagine?- Maybe they'd have like a panic attack.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34I think they've become a lot more comfortable
0:26:34 > 0:26:36with sharing their feelings and their opinions,
0:26:36 > 0:26:39and if we're gonna make an impact on them,
0:26:39 > 0:26:42I think we have to first connect with them.
0:26:42 > 0:26:44My guard is up.
0:26:44 > 0:26:48I am not as, I guess, optimistic as David is,
0:26:48 > 0:26:53because I feel as though they've said great things to my face
0:26:53 > 0:26:58and they smile and it's "Yes, ma'am", and they're just so sweet.
0:26:59 > 0:27:01It's almost like they're bipolar
0:27:01 > 0:27:06or split personalities or Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10Tomorrow, there'll be another challenge,
0:27:10 > 0:27:13Chezden and Bex will be going to school.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15They pretend school is gonna be different.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18It's gonna be disastrous, I can feel it in my bones.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21I mean, every time she says, "Are we going to school?",
0:27:21 > 0:27:24I just think the embarrassment is gonna be so great,
0:27:24 > 0:27:26it's gonna be headline news.
0:27:27 > 0:27:31Upstairs, Chezden and Bex are preparing for school,
0:27:31 > 0:27:34by packing a secret stash of cigarettes.
0:27:34 > 0:27:36LAUGHTER
0:27:41 > 0:27:44The Kimbroughs have insisted that the British teens
0:27:44 > 0:27:47follow their new school's uniform regulations.
0:27:47 > 0:27:50Do you tuck it all the way in?
0:27:50 > 0:27:54I look like I've just got out of bed and haven't slept.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57The Kimbroughs run a primary school together.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00David is the Head, Wanda is the administrator.
0:28:02 > 0:28:08Education is very important to my husband,
0:28:08 > 0:28:10very important to me.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12We really feel though
0:28:12 > 0:28:16as though that if a person doesn't have a great education,
0:28:16 > 0:28:19then their quality of life is compromised.
0:28:19 > 0:28:23The British teens aren't the most promising of pupils.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25Before Bex dropped out of college,
0:28:25 > 0:28:27she was on the point of being thrown out.
0:28:27 > 0:28:31And Chezden has had several formal warnings from his teachers.
0:28:31 > 0:28:33- Hi, guys.- Good morning. - I'm Sister Patrice.
0:28:33 > 0:28:35- Hi, I'm David Kimbrough.- OK.
0:28:35 > 0:28:38- Wanda Kimbrough.- All right, Mommy and Daddy.- Mommy and Daddy.
0:28:38 > 0:28:40- Bex Kimbrough. - I'm Chez.- OK, Chez.
0:28:40 > 0:28:45Guys, collars have to be buttoned appropriately.
0:28:45 > 0:28:47Not a fashion show, so...
0:28:47 > 0:28:50I just really need you to express to their teachers
0:28:50 > 0:28:52- what our expectations are.- OK.
0:28:52 > 0:28:57We have zero tolerance for our children misbehaving in class.
0:28:57 > 0:28:58Ready, let's go!
0:28:58 > 0:29:00- Tell 'em bye.- Bye!
0:29:00 > 0:29:02Bye.
0:29:03 > 0:29:05- Have a good day. - Thank you.- Thank you.
0:29:07 > 0:29:10It costs over £6,000 a year
0:29:10 > 0:29:13to study at the Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy.
0:29:13 > 0:29:14They have 100% success rate
0:29:14 > 0:29:17at getting their pupils into university,
0:29:17 > 0:29:20and they pride themselves on their hands-on approach to science.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23- You all are gonna be joining a biology lab today.- All right.
0:29:23 > 0:29:25The first lesson is on animal anatomy.
0:29:25 > 0:29:28The British teens are in for a bit of a shock.
0:29:28 > 0:29:30Oh, my God.
0:29:31 > 0:29:35The pupils work in pairs to dissect unborn pigs.
0:29:35 > 0:29:38Urgh, this little piggy went to the market!
0:29:40 > 0:29:41Bex objects.
0:29:41 > 0:29:43I just don't like it.
0:29:43 > 0:29:46It's like that's a baby pig, yeah, obviously,
0:29:46 > 0:29:48and you're saying it's already dead,
0:29:48 > 0:29:50but that's just like if one of you lot,
0:29:50 > 0:29:52obviously only the girls, had a miscarriage -
0:29:52 > 0:29:54"Oh, the baby's already dead,
0:29:54 > 0:29:57"Open it up and see what we can find." I don't agree with it.
0:29:57 > 0:29:59Bex has had enough.
0:29:59 > 0:30:01Sorry.
0:30:01 > 0:30:05But her escape route is blocked by lead teacher, Sister Patrice.
0:30:05 > 0:30:06Chez!
0:30:06 > 0:30:08You can't go in the boys' bathroom.
0:30:08 > 0:30:10Anthony!
0:30:10 > 0:30:13Tell me exactly, why did you walk out of class?
0:30:13 > 0:30:15- Cos it was too much for me.- Why?
0:30:15 > 0:30:18They're dissecting a pig.
0:30:18 > 0:30:22I felt ill and I need some fresh air.
0:30:22 > 0:30:24- Did you ask your instructor for fresh air?- No.
0:30:24 > 0:30:26You don't walk out of class.
0:30:26 > 0:30:28I was gonna be sick, so I'd rather be sick outside
0:30:28 > 0:30:30than be sick in the classroom.
0:30:30 > 0:30:33Can you let go of my arm, please? Let go of my arm.
0:30:33 > 0:30:36Young lady, let me make something absolutely clear to you.
0:30:36 > 0:30:38You are in our environment.
0:30:39 > 0:30:40Yeah.
0:30:40 > 0:30:42That means you must submit to the rules.
0:30:42 > 0:30:45- You want me to be sick in your classroom?- No.
0:30:45 > 0:30:47- Ask the teacher to be excused. - Whatever.
0:30:47 > 0:30:50If you need to be excused, ask your instructor.
0:30:53 > 0:30:55Chez, I'm going.
0:30:56 > 0:31:00I can feel it in my mouth!
0:31:00 > 0:31:03She feels a little nauseous, but she didn't ask your permission.
0:31:03 > 0:31:07- She needs to ask permission before she walks out of the class.- OK.
0:31:07 > 0:31:10- We're fair. Do you understand me?- Yes.
0:31:10 > 0:31:13- "Yes, ma'am."- Yes, ma'am.
0:31:13 > 0:31:17And don't switch your neck at me, you're messing with the wrong one.
0:31:17 > 0:31:20- What are you gonna do? - What would I do? What would you do?
0:31:20 > 0:31:22I'd knock you out, but obviously I can't.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24No, you absolutely cannot.
0:31:24 > 0:31:25Obviously.
0:31:25 > 0:31:28- Stop drinking while I'm talking to you.- No.
0:31:28 > 0:31:29Let's go.
0:31:29 > 0:31:31Oh, my God.
0:31:31 > 0:31:34- That's my arm.- Let's go.
0:31:34 > 0:31:37- Don't touch me. - You'd better get out of here.
0:31:37 > 0:31:40- Don't pinch me.- Let's go.
0:31:40 > 0:31:42Stop touch... Urgh.
0:31:42 > 0:31:46Do you absolutely think that I'm gonna allow you to disrupt my class?
0:31:46 > 0:31:48Why do you keep pinching me?
0:31:48 > 0:31:49Oh, I will pinch you.
0:31:49 > 0:31:52You ain't gonna pinch me! Who do you think you are?
0:31:52 > 0:31:53I am Sister Patrice,
0:31:53 > 0:31:57you're not stepping in this entire environment and ruining it for...
0:31:57 > 0:31:59What gives you the right to pinch me?
0:31:59 > 0:32:02I can't be dealing with dissecting pigs at the end of the day.
0:32:02 > 0:32:03That's absolutely fine,
0:32:03 > 0:32:06but how do you expect to be a doctor without learning how to dissect?
0:32:06 > 0:32:09- I don't wanna be a bloody doctor. - Oh, really?- Yes.
0:32:09 > 0:32:12- Who said that? - Me. I don't wanna be a doctor.
0:32:12 > 0:32:15You don't know what you're gonna be yet.
0:32:15 > 0:32:17- I know I don't wanna be a doctor. - How do you know?
0:32:17 > 0:32:20- Because I think I'd know if I want to be a doctor. I'm 17.- OK.
0:32:20 > 0:32:22If you're gonna succeed,
0:32:22 > 0:32:25you're gonna have to push through what's uncomfortable.
0:32:25 > 0:32:28I said all you had to do is speak with your instructor.
0:32:28 > 0:32:29He's very fair.
0:32:29 > 0:32:31- Do you understand me?- Yeah.
0:32:31 > 0:32:34I just have strong feelings about the pig and everything.
0:32:34 > 0:32:37I could have asked the teacher to go out and get some fresh air,
0:32:37 > 0:32:39but I felt so, like...
0:32:39 > 0:32:42You know when it just... It just gets so much.
0:32:42 > 0:32:44It gets so, where you've been...
0:32:44 > 0:32:46Where this is like a new experience, as well,
0:32:46 > 0:32:49like coming here from England, and then... Thank you.
0:32:49 > 0:32:52And then you come here and like there's a pig on the table
0:32:52 > 0:32:54and it's just...
0:32:54 > 0:32:57I just wanted some fresh air, that's all it was.
0:32:57 > 0:33:01But you don't have to run out, that's what little children do.
0:33:01 > 0:33:02You're 17.
0:33:02 > 0:33:05I don't expect you to act like a little child.
0:33:05 > 0:33:10So understand you cannot throw a temper tantrum like a two-year-old,
0:33:10 > 0:33:14lay out on the floor, and expect to be respected.
0:33:14 > 0:33:16It's not like that, sweetheart.
0:33:16 > 0:33:18Let's learn how to be a big girl,
0:33:18 > 0:33:21cos at 17 you want to be considered a big girl,
0:33:21 > 0:33:23but you don't want to act like one.
0:33:23 > 0:33:28- I'm not a big girl, that's the thing. - Yes, you are. Yes, you are.
0:33:28 > 0:33:31Back in Britain, none of Bex's teachers
0:33:31 > 0:33:34were able to persuade her to remain in college.
0:33:34 > 0:33:37Let's get started! Let's stand up, let's pray.
0:33:37 > 0:33:39Put your books away! Let's go.
0:33:39 > 0:33:43Sister Patrice asked the pupils to deliver a short speech
0:33:43 > 0:33:45on the subject of...greatness.
0:33:45 > 0:33:48I am great because I think I am.
0:33:48 > 0:33:51Validity comes with self-knowledge and self-reassurance.
0:33:51 > 0:33:52Therefore, in knowing my worth,
0:33:52 > 0:33:54my greatness shines through automatically.
0:33:54 > 0:33:57I am great because I have the courage and strength
0:33:57 > 0:33:58to be my own person,
0:33:58 > 0:34:01stand out from the crowd and grow into a confident man.
0:34:01 > 0:34:02Nice! Nice!
0:34:04 > 0:34:06- Do I have to read it?- Sure.
0:34:06 > 0:34:08- If it's well long? - It's not that long.
0:34:08 > 0:34:11Right. Greatness has been pronounced over me
0:34:11 > 0:34:12because I was given an opportunity
0:34:12 > 0:34:15to start having respect for others and myself,
0:34:15 > 0:34:17and also to start believing in myself,
0:34:17 > 0:34:19and gradually it is working.
0:34:19 > 0:34:21For example, in England I do what I want when I want,
0:34:21 > 0:34:25like I'm addicted to horse tranquilliser.
0:34:25 > 0:34:27LAUGHTER
0:34:31 > 0:34:33Bex used to be a model student.
0:34:33 > 0:34:37Her behaviour changed four years ago after a family tragedy.
0:34:37 > 0:34:41My brother died, like, two and a half weeks before my 13th birthday.
0:34:41 > 0:34:44He was severely disabled, but we did get on.
0:34:44 > 0:34:46Like, I loved him to pieces.
0:34:46 > 0:34:48Bex was always very close to Jays.
0:34:48 > 0:34:50Bex was there when Jays died.
0:34:50 > 0:34:55And then after Jays died, she just turned into the teenager from hell.
0:34:55 > 0:34:59Bex's relationship with her mum has never recovered.
0:34:59 > 0:35:00I think my mum hates me
0:35:00 > 0:35:04and she envies me cos she does always say
0:35:04 > 0:35:07she wished it was me that died instead of Jamie.
0:35:09 > 0:35:14Bex has been away from her parents for four days -
0:35:14 > 0:35:17time enough for her mum and dad to put their regrets in writing.
0:35:17 > 0:35:20"We want to both apologise once again from the bottom of our hearts
0:35:20 > 0:35:25"for what we both said regarding you dying instead of Jamie.
0:35:25 > 0:35:27"It was a horrible thing to say
0:35:27 > 0:35:31"and we are disgusted, embarrassed and ashamed by that outburst.
0:35:31 > 0:35:33"You've been abusing your body with sex, drugs and alcohol,
0:35:33 > 0:35:36"your own choice, which we see as a kick in the teeth.
0:35:36 > 0:35:39"Jamie on the other hand didn't get a choice,
0:35:39 > 0:35:40"he was born with cerebral palsy.
0:35:40 > 0:35:44"You have no disabilities, so why abuse your body?"
0:35:44 > 0:35:47I'm sorry, but I think that's the most shittiest letter ever.
0:35:47 > 0:35:51I'm pissed off because... She's just wound me up.
0:35:51 > 0:35:52I'm sorry, but...
0:35:52 > 0:35:54Ugh. She could have been like,
0:35:54 > 0:35:57"Hello, darling, hope you're having a good time,
0:35:57 > 0:35:59"We miss you loads, can't wait to have you back!"
0:35:59 > 0:36:02And made me feel nice and like I wanna go home.
0:36:02 > 0:36:03But I might as well stay here.
0:36:05 > 0:36:08The British teens have been staying
0:36:08 > 0:36:10in one of the most comfortable areas of Atlanta,
0:36:10 > 0:36:14but Wanda and David's childhoods were anything but comfortable.
0:36:14 > 0:36:18And like Bex, Wanda suffered bereavement at an early age.
0:36:18 > 0:36:20# Hallelujah! #
0:36:20 > 0:36:24One of the things that drives me is growing up without parents.
0:36:24 > 0:36:27My father was brutally murdered when I was three,
0:36:27 > 0:36:29my mom died 18 months later.
0:36:29 > 0:36:32So I went to live with a grandmother who was already a senior citizen.
0:36:32 > 0:36:35So she provided for me and did a great job,
0:36:35 > 0:36:37but just that void was always there
0:36:37 > 0:36:41to have that mom to take me here, that dad to take me there.
0:36:41 > 0:36:43I thank God for living.
0:36:43 > 0:36:46I thank Him that I can eat all I want when I want.
0:36:46 > 0:36:49David's father fell gravely ill when he was young
0:36:49 > 0:36:52and the stress of caring for him and bringing up ten children
0:36:52 > 0:36:55contributed to his mother's early death.
0:36:55 > 0:36:59As a result, David's now passionate about being a good dad.
0:36:59 > 0:37:03When it comes to parenting, I don't think there is a failure,
0:37:03 > 0:37:05except the failure to do all you should have done.
0:37:05 > 0:37:08So these British teenagers,
0:37:08 > 0:37:10we're gonna do everything we can
0:37:10 > 0:37:13and we're gonna treat them just like they're our kids.
0:37:13 > 0:37:14It's just a few days.
0:37:14 > 0:37:16That's all we need is a few days.
0:37:18 > 0:37:21Chezden has never known his father.
0:37:21 > 0:37:23He's close to his mother, but she's in poor health.
0:37:23 > 0:37:28It's like she had an heart attack, which wasn't my fault.
0:37:28 > 0:37:33I don't want to sit at home looking after my sick mum.
0:37:34 > 0:37:36The Kimbroughs call Chezden's mother
0:37:36 > 0:37:39to find out just how much he does to look after her.
0:37:39 > 0:37:44Are you saying that the only job Chezden does at home
0:37:44 > 0:37:46is washing up the dishes
0:37:46 > 0:37:50and you pay him to do that, but he doesn't do anything else?
0:37:50 > 0:37:51No, no.
0:37:51 > 0:37:56Here, I teach my sons that if there is a lady in the home,
0:37:56 > 0:38:00she is to be treated like a queen and we serve her.
0:38:00 > 0:38:05The Kimbroughs decide to teach Chezden a lesson about chores.
0:38:05 > 0:38:10Well, we're gonna let you do some chores under your dad's authority.
0:38:10 > 0:38:12He's not my dad. How many times!
0:38:12 > 0:38:14It's like you're trying to annoy me.
0:38:14 > 0:38:17You're trying to wind me up and you're being smarmy saying it.
0:38:17 > 0:38:18Hey, do me a favour.
0:38:20 > 0:38:23- Stop saying...- No, no. - No, that is winding me up.
0:38:23 > 0:38:24No. Don't tick me off.
0:38:24 > 0:38:26- That is winding me up. - You're not gonna...
0:38:26 > 0:38:27You're not my dad!
0:38:27 > 0:38:30You're not gonna sit at my table and talk to her like that.
0:38:30 > 0:38:31You are not my dad!
0:38:31 > 0:38:33I don't care if I'm your dad, I'm not trying to be your dad.
0:38:33 > 0:38:35I'm an adult that's supervising you.
0:38:35 > 0:38:37I don't want you to be referred to as my dad.
0:38:37 > 0:38:39I don't care what you want at this point.
0:38:39 > 0:38:42You don't respect me, I don't respect you.
0:38:42 > 0:38:43You get nothing.
0:38:43 > 0:38:47- I don't have to talk to you in a soft, loving tone. - I just wanna go home.
0:38:47 > 0:38:51I don't care what you want right now and you ought to figure that out.
0:38:51 > 0:38:53You can go up to your room. Not you, Chez.
0:38:53 > 0:38:54I'm going to calm off outside.
0:38:54 > 0:38:57- You're going where? - I'm going to calm off.
0:38:57 > 0:38:58Chez!
0:39:00 > 0:39:02- It just shows you his level of immaturity...- Yeah.
0:39:02 > 0:39:05Because this is not what a family unit is about.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08You don't just walk out and throw that person to the dog
0:39:08 > 0:39:10- because they've pissed you off. - Right.
0:39:10 > 0:39:14He talks all day about what's wrong with us,
0:39:14 > 0:39:17but never really talks about what's wrong with him.
0:39:17 > 0:39:19He's never had anybody, I don't think,
0:39:19 > 0:39:20to get in his face like you've done
0:39:20 > 0:39:25and he is gonna have a very hard time regrouping.
0:39:25 > 0:39:28What do you think about that exchange?
0:39:28 > 0:39:29It was crazy.
0:39:29 > 0:39:31What was crazy about it?
0:39:31 > 0:39:34I mean, all he had to do was sit here and listen.
0:39:34 > 0:39:37Instead, they kept on talking back and stuff,
0:39:37 > 0:39:40- then just storming out like that. - Yeah.
0:39:41 > 0:39:45- I'm pale and shaking. - I know, I've seen you shaking.
0:39:45 > 0:39:46When you're in a small space,
0:39:46 > 0:39:48that's seen as threatening behaviour,
0:39:48 > 0:39:51and it's like I'm not a violent person, but I was scared.
0:39:51 > 0:39:52There's no way I could win against him,
0:39:52 > 0:39:54he's a really tall big, black guy,
0:39:54 > 0:39:58but I was scared I was gonna do something stupid and lash out
0:39:58 > 0:40:02and it'd just ruin the whole experience, that's all.
0:40:02 > 0:40:03It's well over an hour
0:40:03 > 0:40:07before Chezden is calm enough to return to the Kimbroughs.
0:40:09 > 0:40:11- Hello.- Hi.- Hi.
0:40:13 > 0:40:17You walked out that door, you didn't ask for permission.
0:40:17 > 0:40:19You showed your immaturity,
0:40:19 > 0:40:22that I'm a child and I can throw a temper tantrum
0:40:22 > 0:40:24and when I get angry, I can just walk off.
0:40:24 > 0:40:26That's what children do.
0:40:26 > 0:40:28But you crossed that threshold.
0:40:28 > 0:40:30It requires respect.
0:40:30 > 0:40:33Respect for my rules, you're in my home.
0:40:33 > 0:40:36So if you want to stay here tonight and sleep tonight,
0:40:36 > 0:40:41you owe me, you owe Mrs Kimbrough an apology, both of you.
0:40:41 > 0:40:44You don't have to agree with me and I'm not asking you to,
0:40:44 > 0:40:45but you gotta respect me.
0:40:47 > 0:40:50Ain't but one head in this house and that's me.
0:40:51 > 0:40:54If you can't abide by that, then we're done.
0:40:54 > 0:40:55Oh, my God.
0:40:55 > 0:40:59"Mr David Kimbrough is the authority of this house,
0:40:59 > 0:41:01"he has the final word."
0:41:03 > 0:41:06"The teen's signature
0:41:06 > 0:41:09"does not necessarily express
0:41:09 > 0:41:12"his or her agreement with the terms of this contract,
0:41:12 > 0:41:17"but unequivocally denotes the teen's understanding
0:41:17 > 0:41:20"of the rules and the consequences herein."
0:41:20 > 0:41:22So again, if you're gonna sleep here tonight,
0:41:22 > 0:41:26you're going to apologise for your actions.
0:41:26 > 0:41:27Sorry for being disrespectful.
0:41:27 > 0:41:30I accept your apology. Welcome home.
0:41:30 > 0:41:33- Can I please go to the loo? - Yes, you may go to the loo.
0:41:33 > 0:41:37I'm sorry for raising my voice and being rude in your house.
0:41:38 > 0:41:40The apology's accepted.
0:41:41 > 0:41:43Welcome home.
0:41:43 > 0:41:46'I'm just not used to confrontation.'
0:41:46 > 0:41:47And I've never had, like, a dad,
0:41:47 > 0:41:51so I've never had a male presence, shouting in my face.
0:41:54 > 0:41:55As day five dawns,
0:41:55 > 0:41:59it appears that David's words have got through to Chezden.
0:41:59 > 0:42:00He gets up early
0:42:00 > 0:42:03and completes all his household chores without complaint.
0:42:03 > 0:42:08Chezden's obedient behaviour continues at school.
0:42:08 > 0:42:10Bex isn't quite so obedient.
0:42:10 > 0:42:14Facebook is not on the Computer Studies' curriculum.
0:42:14 > 0:42:17- Get off me. - You do not do that, you know that.
0:42:17 > 0:42:20And you already know that. Come here, let me talk to you.
0:42:22 > 0:42:25Back home, Bex has given up on her education,
0:42:25 > 0:42:28but Sister Patrice has not given up on her.
0:42:28 > 0:42:31I need a fag and I'm going for one.
0:42:31 > 0:42:33I am, I'm sorry I'm going for one.
0:42:33 > 0:42:35I don't care any more.
0:42:36 > 0:42:39We don't allow smoking on campus. We don't allow students to smoke.
0:42:39 > 0:42:43So she's leaving campus in order to try to do what she'd like to do.
0:42:43 > 0:42:46It's very unfortunate for her.
0:42:46 > 0:42:49She's just continuing to destroy herself.
0:42:49 > 0:42:51Why are you determined to hurt yourself?
0:42:51 > 0:42:53I'm not determined to hurt myself.
0:42:53 > 0:42:54Yes, you are.
0:42:54 > 0:42:55I just need a fag.
0:42:55 > 0:42:57No, sweetheart, you're killing yourself.
0:42:57 > 0:42:59This is killing me.
0:42:59 > 0:43:02I know it's hurting your feelings, but that's different.
0:43:02 > 0:43:06So why are you determined to destroy yourself?
0:43:06 > 0:43:08I'm not determined to destroy myself.
0:43:08 > 0:43:10Yes, you are, sweetheart.
0:43:10 > 0:43:13You're 17 years old, you know how you're living?
0:43:13 > 0:43:14You're living like a person
0:43:14 > 0:43:18that's been out of life for quite some time.
0:43:18 > 0:43:21You're more worried about me and how my life's going
0:43:21 > 0:43:25and like my family's just worried about rules and stuff.
0:43:25 > 0:43:27Now listen.
0:43:27 > 0:43:30There's a concept, whether you believe it or not,
0:43:30 > 0:43:32that exists called mercy.
0:43:32 > 0:43:36But you have got to think about the repercussions of your actions
0:43:36 > 0:43:39and you're not doing that.
0:43:40 > 0:43:42OK, so you weren't born into this family
0:43:42 > 0:43:45here at Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy,
0:43:45 > 0:43:47but we've already accepted you
0:43:47 > 0:43:49with all of your craziness and everything.
0:43:49 > 0:43:52Do you realise that if a student smokes here
0:43:52 > 0:43:54they are kicked out of school automatically?
0:43:54 > 0:43:56They don't have a second chance.
0:43:56 > 0:44:01So if you are given mercy, you've got to show your family mercy.
0:44:01 > 0:44:05Whether you agree or not is not important.
0:44:05 > 0:44:08You're still a child by law.
0:44:08 > 0:44:11We're trying to show you how to be a better person.
0:44:12 > 0:44:15ALL: ..Lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evil
0:44:15 > 0:44:18For Thine is the kingdom, the power And the glory for ever. Amen.
0:44:18 > 0:44:21Bex finds a new enthusiasm for school.
0:44:21 > 0:44:25Ha ha ha! Look! None of you can get the ball off me!
0:44:25 > 0:44:27She's a sweet child, she really is.
0:44:27 > 0:44:28It's inside of her,
0:44:28 > 0:44:32but she doesn't necessarily see that part of her all the time.
0:44:32 > 0:44:36And quite often, because people might expect negativity,
0:44:36 > 0:44:37she gives what they expect.
0:44:37 > 0:44:39When you don't expect negativity,
0:44:39 > 0:44:42it's amazing how positivity can reign.
0:44:42 > 0:44:44Chezden's second day at school
0:44:44 > 0:44:46has been an extremely positive experience.
0:44:46 > 0:44:51He's applied himself, stayed out of trouble, and won plenty of friends.
0:44:51 > 0:44:52He's really funny
0:44:52 > 0:44:55and he's been keeping me laughing since he's gotten here,
0:44:55 > 0:44:58so I kinda don't want him to leave.
0:44:58 > 0:45:01You gave it a chance and that's all we asked this morning
0:45:01 > 0:45:04is that you give it chance, not throw in the towel.
0:45:04 > 0:45:07You know, not be rude, be disobedient,
0:45:07 > 0:45:11just give it a chance and you did, and that's really, really great.
0:45:11 > 0:45:13I am so proud of you.
0:45:13 > 0:45:14Thank you for that.
0:45:15 > 0:45:17Today, we went to school
0:45:17 > 0:45:22and everyone's just really, really respectful.
0:45:22 > 0:45:24And I know it sounds so sad,
0:45:24 > 0:45:27but unless you've come here and experienced it for yourself,
0:45:27 > 0:45:29you don't know what it's like.
0:45:29 > 0:45:32It's like,
0:45:32 > 0:45:35you can just feel the love, you know what I mean?
0:45:36 > 0:45:39Tonight, Sister Patrice has set some homework
0:45:39 > 0:45:43to compose a poem about invisibility.
0:45:43 > 0:45:47The Kimbroughs' house rules require all grades to be B+ or higher,
0:45:47 > 0:45:51so Wanda asks to read Bex's poem before it's submitted.
0:45:51 > 0:45:54- All of this is your poem? - Yeah.- Wow!
0:45:54 > 0:45:56What if it's rubbish?
0:45:56 > 0:45:58Oh, don't start out by saying it's rubbish.
0:45:58 > 0:46:00"I put on a mask
0:46:00 > 0:46:02"The fake Bex
0:46:02 > 0:46:05"But the true Bex is still here
0:46:05 > 0:46:07"I'm just hiding.
0:46:07 > 0:46:11"Devil Bex came about four years ago
0:46:11 > 0:46:14"And she hasn't gone away
0:46:14 > 0:46:16"I'm scared that the true Bex
0:46:16 > 0:46:19"Is not only gone invisible
0:46:19 > 0:46:22"But is going to disappear for ever."
0:46:22 > 0:46:24I didn't expect that.
0:46:25 > 0:46:26Wow.
0:46:26 > 0:46:28Oh...
0:46:28 > 0:46:30Whoo.
0:46:31 > 0:46:32Pretty powerful, huh?
0:46:32 > 0:46:34Yeah.
0:46:36 > 0:46:39I don't even think you realise what you wrote.
0:46:39 > 0:46:41I know that I do wrong
0:46:41 > 0:46:44and there's something saying you shouldn't do this,
0:46:44 > 0:46:49and I see the effects I have on people.
0:46:49 > 0:46:52And you really do care.
0:46:52 > 0:46:55You care about life, you care about people.
0:46:55 > 0:46:57And I really believe that you mean that
0:46:57 > 0:47:01when you say "I'm only concerned about today,
0:47:01 > 0:47:04"I'm just living for today, I just wanna have a good time."
0:47:04 > 0:47:06But I'm also very excited to know
0:47:06 > 0:47:09that somewhere deep in your conscience,
0:47:09 > 0:47:12you know that it's something greater than that.
0:47:12 > 0:47:15And that is so very hopeful to me.
0:47:15 > 0:47:17That is brilliant.
0:47:17 > 0:47:19Ahh...
0:47:21 > 0:47:23I've got issues, ain't I?
0:47:24 > 0:47:26OK.
0:47:26 > 0:47:30Bex is starting to rethink her life back home.
0:47:30 > 0:47:32Now I can see I'm not a daughter from hell.
0:47:32 > 0:47:36I was, like, such a cow.
0:47:36 > 0:47:39I had no respect whatsoever,
0:47:39 > 0:47:42done what I want when I need, do you know what I mean, like?
0:47:42 > 0:47:48Everything was about me and I didn't take into, like, account other people's feelings.
0:47:48 > 0:47:54That's more than I could have ever asked for and I fought those tears with everything.
0:47:54 > 0:47:58I mean, I literally felt my guts shaking
0:47:58 > 0:48:03because I didn't want to get that emotional, but it was very
0:48:03 > 0:48:07overwhelming to me, because I feel as though...
0:48:08 > 0:48:12..in some big way,
0:48:12 > 0:48:14that we have made an impact
0:48:14 > 0:48:17in just this short period of time.
0:48:20 > 0:48:24Now she's starting her sixth day with the Kimbroughs,
0:48:24 > 0:48:26obeying the rules is becoming second nature to Bex.
0:48:26 > 0:48:28I'm very, very impressed.
0:48:28 > 0:48:34Thank you so much for getting up this morning and walking in obedience, I really appreciate that.
0:48:34 > 0:48:40Sister Patrice calls Wanda into the school for a meeting about the homework.
0:48:40 > 0:48:43We graded them and I want to let you know both received an A on their poems.
0:48:43 > 0:48:45- That is terrific.- OK.
0:48:45 > 0:48:52I just finished talking to Sister Patrice about school, about homework.
0:48:52 > 0:48:59She was ecstatic about your poems, but what you don't know is that you both got an A on those poems.
0:48:59 > 0:49:04Did we? I got an A! That's my first A I've ever really got in my life!
0:49:04 > 0:49:05- That is spectacular.- Well done.
0:49:05 > 0:49:09- I was really proud. - I can't believe it!- It's fantastic.
0:49:11 > 0:49:16To make them be proud of me makes me feel happy.
0:49:16 > 0:49:21Just being here and going to school and hearing that they want to be, like, lawyers and stuff is like, wow.
0:49:21 > 0:49:26Whereas me, I fell into the wrong crowd...
0:49:26 > 0:49:28and then just...
0:49:28 > 0:49:30my goals, just like my dreams, went out the window.
0:49:32 > 0:49:36After six full days on the Kimbroughs' private estate,
0:49:36 > 0:49:40David and Wanda decide to give the British teens a change of scene.
0:49:40 > 0:49:42It's an opportunity for David to reveal that,
0:49:42 > 0:49:46like Chezden, his childhood was blighted by parental illness.
0:49:46 > 0:49:52We have a old saying here in the United States that you don't miss the well till the water runs dry.
0:49:52 > 0:49:57You become so complacent and you're so used to going to that well every day and getting water out of it
0:49:57 > 0:50:02and drinking and refreshing yourself that you don't take time to appreciate it.
0:50:02 > 0:50:08You don't even take time to thank God for the well, and I think a lot of time we do our parents that way.
0:50:08 > 0:50:12We overlook the sacrifices and all the things they're doing for us.
0:50:12 > 0:50:15I know. I think we just need to find the right balance
0:50:15 > 0:50:19cos it's like my mum does so much for me and it's like...
0:50:19 > 0:50:23I don't do hardly anything, you know?
0:50:23 > 0:50:28- Now I think of it, it's like it's nothing compared to what she does for me.- Yeah.
0:50:28 > 0:50:31If you don't go back home and change and become the Chezden
0:50:31 > 0:50:37that she has raised and been trying to strategically place on the right road,
0:50:37 > 0:50:41you will look back on your life when she's gone and say,
0:50:41 > 0:50:43"I wish I had done more for Mom."
0:50:43 > 0:50:48And that feeling will torment you beyond anything you can imagine.
0:50:48 > 0:50:53When you get home, you should treat your mom like the queen she is.
0:50:57 > 0:51:03Wanda decides to open up to Bex about her own childhood.
0:51:03 > 0:51:08By the time I was five and I started kindergarten,
0:51:08 > 0:51:10both my parents were already deceased.
0:51:10 > 0:51:14So any relationship that can be salvaged -
0:51:14 > 0:51:16especially between a mom and a daughter -
0:51:16 > 0:51:21is really important to me, really important to me.
0:51:21 > 0:51:26There are days that I just want a hug or to hold my mom's hands,
0:51:26 > 0:51:28my teenage years.
0:51:28 > 0:51:33I mean I've gone through my entire life with this huge void in my heart.
0:51:33 > 0:51:36You have your mom and I don't want you to...
0:51:37 > 0:51:39..throw that away.
0:51:45 > 0:51:49You've had probably the most worst life I've known, like,
0:51:49 > 0:51:55anybody I know, the worst one, and yet you still smile every day.
0:51:55 > 0:51:58And you're just such an inspiration to me.
0:52:01 > 0:52:02I made a choice.
0:52:02 > 0:52:05I made a choice that I wasn't gonna allow
0:52:05 > 0:52:09all the things that I thought were so unfair to me in life
0:52:09 > 0:52:12make me be a terrible person.
0:52:12 > 0:52:16And I feel like if anybody has excuses...
0:52:18 > 0:52:23..I have legitimate excuses, but I've chosen
0:52:23 > 0:52:26to throw them all on the ground and jump up and down on them
0:52:26 > 0:52:30and say, "You know what, no excuse is good enough, none."
0:52:32 > 0:52:35So you don't have any excuses.
0:52:37 > 0:52:40Do you have a desire to give up drugs?
0:52:40 > 0:52:42I'm done, I'm not touching drugs.
0:52:42 > 0:52:44- You're not gonna touch them any more?- No.- Wow.
0:52:44 > 0:52:47The drugs just mess your life up so much.
0:52:47 > 0:52:51I'm stronger than that and I know I don't need drugs.
0:52:51 > 0:52:53Thank you so much.
0:52:57 > 0:52:59How did your chat with Wanda go, then?
0:52:59 > 0:53:02I cannot believe some of the stuff that she's gone through.
0:53:02 > 0:53:08That is just unreal, and for her to still...smile every day.
0:53:08 > 0:53:11You know how like they're so strong about God and Christianity?
0:53:11 > 0:53:14- Yeah.- I think that, you know, I know they're excessive,
0:53:14 > 0:53:18but I think it's a good thing, because if she didn't have God,
0:53:18 > 0:53:20could you imagine what she'd be like?
0:53:20 > 0:53:22Yeah. I honestly do look up to her in so many ways.
0:53:22 > 0:53:26She's just so lovely, and yet she hasn't had a mum
0:53:26 > 0:53:30and she said she just wanted one to, like, hold her hand.
0:53:30 > 0:53:34I've got my mum and...
0:53:34 > 0:53:38I don't appreciate her at all, and now I will.
0:53:38 > 0:53:43Bex and Chez's time with the Kimbroughs is almost at an end,
0:53:43 > 0:53:45but it's not quite over yet.
0:53:45 > 0:53:49SURPRISE!
0:53:49 > 0:53:50Whooo!
0:53:50 > 0:53:53The Kimbroughs have invited the entire church congregation
0:53:53 > 0:53:57to a surprise party in honour of Chez and Bex.
0:53:57 > 0:54:01'I'm gonna go home and I think are just gonna be a lot better with my mum.
0:54:01 > 0:54:07'I think I've learned to be a lot more respectful. Jesus?'
0:54:07 > 0:54:08He seems all right.
0:54:08 > 0:54:11I might look him up when I get back in England.
0:54:11 > 0:54:14Do you reckon he's in t'Yellow Pages?
0:54:14 > 0:54:17# We worship you... #
0:54:17 > 0:54:23It has been an amazing honour to parent Chezden.
0:54:23 > 0:54:25I was very
0:54:25 > 0:54:31sceptical about having an openly gay 16-year-old in my home,
0:54:31 > 0:54:33but I understand now that that was
0:54:33 > 0:54:37mainly because of my ignorance and because of my fears.
0:54:37 > 0:54:40- Be blessed.- Thank you so much.
0:54:40 > 0:54:44'Bex, I hope that in sharing our personal life struggles with her'
0:54:44 > 0:54:51that in her quiet moments, that she really thinks about some of the things that I've told her.
0:54:51 > 0:54:54Gonna sort my life out, and I'll make an effort with my mum
0:54:54 > 0:54:58cos I realise that mums are really important and I shouldn't disrespect her.
0:54:58 > 0:55:04I'm gonna have respect for myself, so I'm not gonna like do the drugs anymore, cos you don't need them -
0:55:04 > 0:55:09I had fun without them - and then just get my life on track and start again.
0:55:09 > 0:55:12- Chez.- I love you.- I love you. - Love you both.- Love you, too.
0:55:23 > 0:55:27The teens now have the chance to make a new start back home.
0:55:27 > 0:55:31It has changed me. I should be doing a lot more cos that's what you do for me.
0:55:31 > 0:55:35I'm gonna start doing more stuff round the house for you, start looking after you.
0:55:35 > 0:55:36Oh.
0:55:37 > 0:55:39'The way things were before...'
0:55:41 > 0:55:44..I think I'd have been in an early grave with him.
0:55:45 > 0:55:48I can see the change. A big change.
0:55:50 > 0:55:52Fingers crossed.
0:55:52 > 0:55:53Hi!
0:55:57 > 0:56:01- Have we left the horrible Bex behind?- Yeah.
0:56:01 > 0:56:02Got rid of her in the Atlantic?
0:56:02 > 0:56:05- Yeah.- Oh, good, good, good.
0:56:05 > 0:56:09Next time on The World's Strictest Parents...
0:56:09 > 0:56:12Public school drop-out, Peter Wrigley...
0:56:12 > 0:56:15He's become very pompous, very arrogant.
0:56:15 > 0:56:17That is all vodka, boy.
0:56:17 > 0:56:20..and party-loving hedonist, Jocelyn Harris...
0:56:20 > 0:56:23You do smoke cannabis, we all know that.
0:56:23 > 0:56:26I'm not gonna stop drinking and like never take drugs again.
0:56:26 > 0:56:29..get new parents in India.
0:56:29 > 0:56:31You went through my stuff, that's like my belongings.
0:56:31 > 0:56:35Please let me make it very clear, my children won't defy me.
0:56:35 > 0:56:38- Get out of my way, seriously. - Wait, wait.
0:56:38 > 0:56:41I'm dreading what we've got planned for the rest of the BLEEP week,
0:56:41 > 0:56:45- if we start the first day doing this shit.- Phew! Shocking.
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