have you discovered the television show Kid Nation?
i have, and i have an odd feeling that you would love it. looooooooooove it. i found it on Comcasts's On Demand (its like having all the good stuff pre-dvr'd for you, except its not. its just there, on demand, yay i'm a commercial) and watched the first four episodes. i'm enthralled. especially with the religion episode. at first i hated those horrible intolerant little prigs, and then at the end i loved them. it was all in the approach, apparantly.