supernanny chanel 4 NOW!!

[misdee]

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[crunchie]

issymum I think the mum felt totally undermined and overwhealmed with it all, and they did behave themselves when the dad got home. I bet the dad didn't realise thins were as bad as they were and he probably just said to shout at them. The mum was obviously scared to do so, so it ended up spiralling down.

[lilybird]

i watched it too,couldn't believe my eyes.
came out in a rash whilst it was on!!!!
think i would check myself into a mental hospital if i had to put up with that everyday!
and i thought i had it bad with my dd who's at the terrible two stage!!
def.sticking just to one child!!

[bardsey]

what happened at the end - did the mum keep it up ro not? I missed the last twenty mins!

[Issymum]

I've been thinking about this episode [why oh why do I let this kind of trivia clutter up my mind when I should be musing on Big Things] and what I fail to understand is this: if you had four children whom you recognised were completely out of control and a reasonable level of education, intelligence and financial resources, wouldn't you enrol on a parenting course, buy some standard parenting books, consult a child therapist or enlist the help of a nanny for a couple of weeks, rather than do nothing until by pure, random and remote chance your application to appear on 'Supernanny' is accepted? How dumb is that? Or are there so many of these parenting programmes on TV at the moment that applicants outnumber episodes and it's actually a perfectly sensible strategy?

[Mirage]

Yes, Pamina3,I felt sorry for their neighbours too! Imagine trying to relax in your garden with all that going on next door (& the stuff being hurled over the fence).

I watched this & just couldn't believe my eyes!I'm quite strict with dd but sometimes there is a temptation just to let her get away with the odd bit of naughtiness,especially when I'm tired ect.After watching this though,I'm determined not to let my standads of behaviour slip

[Bugsy2]

It was fairly shocking tv. I felt desperately sorry for the mother & yet wanted to give her a shake & say "form a spine" at the same time. I hope it works out better for them all - it could hardly be worse!!

[Evesmama]

yeah , dp even said "he's a tit"111

[Blu]

I didn't see it. Did the children respond and improve? And if so, how was it achieved?

[Tinker]

Only caught the end of this but was really peeed off by teh father saying "Let's drop it" when his wife was trying to talk to him And she did!

[pupuce]

What I don't get are these woman who fear or refuse discipline... end up with kids like last night... are these kids happy, is anyone in that family happy?
Why do they think boundaries and discipline equals unhappy kids... quite the opposite as it was demondtarted last night.

[happymerryberries]

I missed the begining and the end of this program. Were the kids always this bad, and if so, why did they go for 4!?? And what happened at the end?

I can't believe the crap that mother was prepared to take. And the little one just laughed at her when she told him off! My 5 year old ds will cry if I tell him to stop doing something naughty and appologise immediatly. I would never have thought that a chld of that age could be quite that bad!

[Pagan]

At first I thought the mother was to blame and the father was great but by the end of the programme I felt that he was a bit of a control freak and seemed to want to exert his authority on the whole situation. I think that the mum had let him undermine her confidence so much in the past that she just couldn't cope anymore. At least he was able to admit his mistakes and the role playing part with Jo was very interesting.

I was glad to see at the end, everyone having a nice time.

[Blackduck]

I watched this in horror - the swearing, the violence, pouring stuff all over the beds, spitting in her face.......these parents had lost total control. She really must have had no self-esteem whatsoever to put up with that...

[throckenholt]

someone posted about this on another forum I read. Apparently the family were relations of a friend of theirs. Apparently now they are unrecognisable as the same kids - behaviour much improved.

I found the mum's body language fascinating. At the beginning she looked totally defeated, by the end you could see her self confidence growing. Husband did seem to inadvertanly undermine her authority when he came home and started laying down the law. She shouldn't have told him what was happening during the day . She didn't look physically strong enough to make the oldest boy to do anything he didn't want to. And I admired her persistance in getting them into the naughty zone - most people would have given up !

Agree diet changes might well help improve things more, and more exercise to burn off their energy, and focus their minds.

[noddyholder]

I think she is useless!The bbc3 little angels and who rules the roost are a lot better,she didn't address the weight/food issue and is as common as muck in her approach She shouts and rants just like the kids.I agree though that the children are dreadful I wondered why she kept saying asseptable too

[pepsi]

I wonder what their behaviour is like at school? Surely they cant be little angels as the contrast would be stark. I bet their teachers/friends/family watched with their jaws on the floor................dont expect too many party invites this year kids!

[wheresmyfroggy]

sparkler-Think your little one will be an angel compared to little joseph in supernanny

[SPARKLER1]

I only caught the last two minutes as I've been out food shopping. My bf has taped it for me though as I was on the phone to her earlier telling her what a little s* my five year old dd has been recently.

[hunkermunker]

Clary, I wondered about their diet too. And also how long people needed to see programmes that said 'be nice to your children, be interested in them and give them boundaries' before they got it

[jasper]

They could make a start by calling in Dr Gillian McKeith