Do you feel like The Learning Channel exploits these families for profit? Are the families complicit in the exploitation?

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I’ve never watched more than one episode of 3 of these shows. I’ve never heard of the others. TLC may be showing these shows for ratings and profits…isn’t that the idea? But, these families are not exploited without their permission.

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