Kid Nation 3

Formal Sanctions -  The town council rewards and somewhat punishes the pioneers. Each week all the children strive to do their best, so they can earn the golden star. The golden star is a reward that is a solid gold star that is worth 20 thousand dollars in real money! Sometimes this reward gets to the pioneers' heads by making them do whatever it takes to earn the star. Since Greg is the oldest he tends to strive the most, but he usually ends up failing and receiving negative comments. Formal sanctions can be negative, like when Greg woke up the town by rolling on them , the town reacted in a very negative way.


Desocializations -   The pioneers have had trouble relaxing at night, going to sleep , and waking up early. This has caused the town council to make a rule that everyone must be in bed at 9:30 every single night, and wake up around 7:00 every morning. The children were used to having a guardian to watch them when they are at home, the power of being by themselves made them feel like they could stay up all night and sleep in all day. This is one of the many ways the pioneers have had to give up something during this experience. Many of the pioneers are used to getting food when they want it, usually waking up when they want, and not cleaning up after themselves. These are some ways the children were experiencing desocializations.


Reference Group -   The pioneers are typically used to a parent or guardian to look after them , so when they are by themselves surrounded by children order is very necessary. The town council was made to create order, laws, and something for the children to look up to. Sometimes the pioneers feel that since they are relative in age to the town council they shouldn't have to listen to them. Some of the younger children do use the town council as a reference group, this is key to running a town so that the children have a figure to look up to and some what even to be scared of. This might be difficult when one of the oldest pioneers, Greg , feels he is in charge.