I can't help it but I like these people

I know I'm meant to be outraged by the 'go-go' juice and other examples of bad mothering in this show, but I can't help warming to Honey Boo Boo and her family. Is it just me? It's not just the car-crash effect a la the Osbornes or the vicarious fly-on-the-wall effect that you enjoy watching the Kardashians.

There's something about these people that is charming and touching and admirable. I need to think a little more about what it is though.