Channel 4 (UK) Documentaries

Feral Families (2017x85)

Air date: Oct 26, 2017

Ten years on since Supernanny, there's a new philosophy taking hold among British families. It's called extreme unschooling or off-grid parenting, and more and more British parents are rebelling against orthodoxy to raise their children with no rules. They claim that their children are healthier and happier and will become more rounded adults, but their kids' behaviour can also be scandalous to other parents. This documentary follows three families who are passionate about this alternative way of parenting. Mother-of-three Jenna's 13-year-old son Archie juggles fire and plays with knives, but seven years after being taken out of school, despite Mum's best efforts, he still struggles to read and write. His grandparents are so concerned that they're paying for him to have a tutor.