Tired of the shouting, arguing and abusive behaviour that dominates their home lives, four families embark on a last ditch effort to learn how to get along again. Stripped of all their modern comforts in the barren deserts of Idaho, they confront the problems that turned their homes into battlegrounds.

Only by making life as uncomfortable as possible and pushing the families to their emotional edges can staff get to the heart of how they communicate. They spend each day in the desert baking hot and in sub zero temperatures by night. The families get to grips with a whole range of therapeutic techniques, from guiding a spitting llama on a hike to conquering a 50ft ropes course. Everything they do together forces laughter, tears or tantrums.

The question is will it all make a difference? Will the parents learn to change their ways, to be better parents? Will the brats realise what their families mean to them and change their ways?

Tune in and find out.

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