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Silly house rules

From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
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Teens talk about the silly house rules their parents have. Read the full description.
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Teens talk about the silly house rules their parents have.

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Review of Silly house rules

Barbara Nave's exploration of what drives teenagers crazy about their parents is a funny, fresh take on the tiny things that can impact the relationship between parent and child.

The segment, in the form of a vox pop, is tightly-packed, and yet conveys a lot of information about these teenagers, and how their parents get upset at them over trivial matters.

The transitions were clean, and no narration was necessary. I found that this could be used perfectly as an intro for a segment on the amusing things that our parents get upset at teenagers about.

The responses were very well-chosen -- I laughed at every one!

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Review of Silly house rules

Seeing the title of this piece, I expected it to be fun and off-beat, and was pleased to find myself correct.

The whole thing was rather simple and short; just a few quick interviews with students about odd rules around their homes.

I was a bit down and frustrated before listening to the story; I hadn't had a very good day. However, the story was very quirky and funny, and, by the time I had finished it, I found that I felt much more cheerful than before.

The sound wasn't perfect, and there were a few parts that I felt could have been cut out (such as pauses in talking, etc), but in a way, that really added to the overall effect: lighthearted and unconventional. I could easily see this being on a collegiate radio station in some form or another.

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