Let's be honest, after chores were done, was there still time to be kids?
ANJAY: We had parties in the saloon. I can say I got sick several times.
KELSEY: At nighttime, we would play pranks. We would take toilet paper and wrap it around the outhouse. We would have cornstarch fights. We wanted to be like kids sometimes and not always adults.
ALEX: We played games like tying ropes across the street so that they formed an X shape, then jumping up and down on it. Talking was really popular, that's why we're so noisy.
ZACH: I feel like it's important to have your childhood, but in situations like these you have to buckle down and be mature. You can't mess around and be a kid when you're in a tough situation like that.

Anything you did that you're really hoping the whole nation doesn't see?
MICHAEL T: When we got into world issues I hope I don't look like a complete, ultimate, left-wing neo-liberal. I don't think I will, but if I do, that might creep some people out.
GREG: Yes. There were a few arguments and things where I probably look like an ass on TV, but it worked out in the end.
SOPHIA: I went in a bathing suit on camera. I was like, Okay, now I've done that I can pretty much do anything.

When your 40 days was up, what was it like being home again?
MORGAN: I could actually smell the fast food, I was like, "Ahh, finally, society!"
MIKE K: There were times my mom had to remind me that I don't make the rules anymore.
MICHAEL T: It was a burden off of your shoulders to not be making every decision. It was also sad, missing being a really active hand in the society you're living in.
ZACH: It was hard to get out of that competitive state of mind. My parents would say, ''Why are you working so hard?'' I'd say, ''I'm trying to get ready for the next show...down.''
LAUREL: I got updated on all my teen soap operas I missed. I'm addicted to them. Then I was like, [Sighs] ''I wish I was back so bad.''

What was the first thing you did when you got back?
DK: I went to the bathroom and flushed the toilet for like 30 minutes. It sounded like music hearing the toilet flush.
MICHAEL T: I took as long a shower as I possibly could because I was filthy and smelled disgusting.
ANJAY: I went to Denny's and finally had something civilized.
ZACH: When I was there I decided I'm going to be a vegetarian. Yeah, that's gone. I ate a steak the first night I got back.
MIKE K: I come home, I step out of the car, my 9-year-old brother and sister come running at me and I lift them up in the air and throw them over my shoulders. I'm like, "Couldn't do that when I left, wow!"

What did you gain from this experience?
LAUREL: I learned a lot about myself. What I wanted out of life was more clear. I was a better friend. I'm more secure about myself, I don't doubt myself so much.
MORGAN: Every person went there for a really specific reason. I went there to find myself, and I think I did.
MIKE K: I felt really proud of myself that I could just be myself there and be so great when I was just myself. I didn't have to change to be good.

What do you hope viewers learn from your experience?
GREG: I hope we proved to adults that kids can do more than they think they can do. Parents don't have to put their kids on a leash until they're 18 and then boot them out.
DK: People don't always see kids as mature. This was our chance to prove we're more than these innocent youths. Sometimes we can even do better than some adults, I'm not ashamed to say.
LAUREL: That they can't underestimate us because we can do just as much as they can.