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also he probably wants to get close to his step dad but his mum won't let the bloke near him because he's 'hers' !! I bet a bit of mal,e bonding would bring him right out of himself

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Why are some parents soooooooooooooo dim ????????

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Rickman!

Madniss!

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But if the parents are both Kick Boxers and he watches that, then kick boxing to him is 'normal' behaviour.

I was absolutely gob smacked the first night he fell straight to sleep and the mother confessed it was her wanting to sit with him til 10pm.

what happened in the end? fell asleep

I'm an 'each to your own' sort of person, but I was yelling at the TV along the lines of 'if you don't discipline your child, the rest of us will have to, and it will involve jail' - I might have got a bit too carried away there....

The sympathy I felt for the stepdad got a bit eroded by his behaviour with 'Tegan-olivia' although I have to say she was the cutest two year old going.

I felt so sorry for the poor little boy tho, what's the betting they went right back to normal again once the cameras left.

Ninah - It all turned out fine in the end as per usual. Tedious really.

so what happened, anyone? did it get better? woke up in middle of news and couldn't understand what had happened and why they'd moved to New Orleans

It went rather haywire during the week without supernanny, then pretty good when she cam,e back. But I wouldn't hold my breath.

They finished on the introduction of two toy chests, one for matthew's toys and one for confiscated toys when he starts chuckign things, and SN says she doesn't know how Matthew will react to confiscating toys.

I personally thought the child needed a lot more help, and expectign a five year old to follow calming techniques was a bit much. I think he needed help to deal with the root cause of his anger, a five year old shouldn't have that much anger to manage in the first place. A few weeks with Sn was enver going to be enough.

Editing was so obviously biased it was hard to make an assessment, really, but I think it probably did improve.

It all went a bit downhill, in predictable fashion, when Jo went away but at the end of the programme Matthew seemed to be accepting that he had to make an effort to chill out and control his anger. He was still pushing the boundaries as hard as he could go, and waaaaayyyy too violence for me, but at least they had some sanctions to teach him about that. He's obviously going to go through a sort of delayed toddlerhood while he learns to control his emotions.

Mum did move over to make some room for his dad, though, and that bit of the relationship seemed to be soooo much better.

Little sister was just being a two year old, really, and will probably be just fine if mum and dad can grow a spine.

did you see the trailer for the next show???
OMG - that little girl was soo angry and nasty in that shot
her mother looked absolutely terrified of her - even when little girl called her mum a fat b?£ch - no quick reaction from mum.
I know it is all edited and it is unfair to judge people from a programme..but what kind of parent allows their young child to use such language as that, let alone directed at her mum, and not respond immediately?
Lost for words.
I am no supermum, make mistakes hourly but some people seem to have no idea.

Don't forget, Kelly, that the editing may have been designed to show the worst of his anger, so we may have an exaggerated view of it.

My DS (3.5) can exhibit extreme anger too and if we let a tv crew into the house for a week it would be possible to construct a five minute piece of him showing exactly the same level of emotion. But he wouldn't be trashing the house, he wouldn't be hitting me and he wouldn't be swearing at me, because we're going through the process of teaching him how to control and deal with the anger.

DS doesn't need a specialist, he's a normal little human being who just needs to learn to control himself. That's what the mother in this week's programme hadn't done for her son, whether because she felt guilty about his upbringing or because she was afraid she'd break their 'special bond', who knows?

oh thanks everyone
Sorry furball, must've cross posted. It's so annoying always seeing half a programme, 5 months preg and shattered! dp away so looking forward to a rare chance to watch this.
I thought the 'work it out' chart was risible -made me cringe - so I wondered if it did any good. Wonder why Matthew had such a traditional name compared to siblings, must've been dad's choice I guess.

I felt sorry for the boy...all those hours spent watching his parents doing kickboxing, no wonder he likes to kick and punch. The parents were rather drippy IMO. As for calling the baby Deisel....welll....

yeah, ds 3 has some humdingers, but if he called me Bitch I'd want to know why, and where he heard it.
The best he can manage is 'you're not my FRIEND ANYMORE!'

lol Ninah, my 3yo dd is the same 'you're not my friend anymore' ahhh the wonderful innocence of children

oh hi Mascara
Yes, I've noticed we have a few similarities!

lol at the bit where his mum was saying hes not going to win this - whilst she was picking up all the toys he had just thrown about. in what way was he not winning?