About this season
Stacey Dooley reveals the shocking new youth trends that are spreading across America, immersing herself into some of the most unusual American communities and exploring what it really means to be a young American.
Episodes (3)
1. Giving Up My Baby
Aired 3 July 2014 • 60 min
Stacey Dooley travels to America to explore the bittersweet world of open adoption. The majority of private adoptions in America are 'open', and encourage birth parents to pick the adoptive parents themselves and to stay in touch with their child as they grow up.
2. Homeless in Detroit
Aired 10 July 2014 • 60 min
Stacey is in Detroit were she discovers how the 20,000 homeless people manage to survive in one of America's poorest states. This bankrupt city, has 70,000 abandoned buildings and is struggling to support the population it houses.
3. Kids in the Crossfire
Aired 17 July 2014 • 60 min
Stacey Dooley travels to Chicago, where almost half of those killed in 2013 were under 25.