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Marej
Member
09-20-2002
| Friday, October 08, 2004 - 2:29 pm
There is no start time; just a form to fill out for Nanny's to come assess (sp) out of control children. On Fox TV website.
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Purplecow
Member
12-08-2003
| Wednesday, November 03, 2004 - 9:12 pm
Caught the first episode tonight. Oh my word! Don't know whether I'll be able to stand the whining, screaming, kicking children or the parents who made them that way. It's not as if you get to see a nice clean house at the end as you do with Clean Sweep and How Clean Is Your House. You pretty much have to take the Nanny's word that things have improved.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, November 04, 2004 - 9:38 am
I watched it too and I'm not sure why. I wanted to shake the mom and the kids and the dad! Hopefully, they have worked it all out but I see them going back to mom sleeping with Dylan and Dad quietly trying to say something.
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Dahli
Member
11-27-2000
| Thursday, November 04, 2004 - 10:15 am
This show made me so crazy and so sad at the same time.... it is so true a mother's biggest job is to teach and what this woman was teaching YIkES!!... 'go on red, stop on green, now here's the keys'
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Xena
Member
10-14-2004
| Thursday, November 04, 2004 - 5:16 pm
I have a 3 year old and she has never acted in such a way.Sure she has had her share of getting in trouble,but she knows what right and wrong and she learns from her mistakes because I teach her. What gets me is when the mom asked "Can a 3 year old even understand?" OF COURSE THEY CAN MOM That's actually when they learn the most.I do understand how she feels when she sees her children upset but you have to be strong. I couldn't even imagine my children acting that way.
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Bbfanatic
Member
08-14-2000
| Friday, November 05, 2004 - 1:28 pm
I couldnt hardly stand the previews. I didnt watch the show. Screaming Kids YIKES!
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Montana_jones
Member
05-26-2004
| Friday, November 05, 2004 - 7:41 pm
I watched, because I wanted to see just how bad the kids were, and if they really could teach the parents to control them. Hmmm. Yes, the kids were awful. The hitting, the swearing - they learned THAT little tidbit at home, that's for sure! They're not in day-care, no older siblings to teach them the 'bad' words. Yup, little parrots learn from the parents! While dad was trying to deal with baby sisters tantrum, that bratty boy tried to stomp on his Dad's foot! Those kids were so out of control. that mother was a total wuss. Claiming that she didn't know what she was doing, and she thought her job was just to nurture. Duh - so if she spends the most time with the kids, who does she think is going to teach them the rest of the social skills they are going to need to survive in the world? Manners, sharing, respect? I'd love to see how they are doing now. The show did re-visit them, but I think it was in an unrealistic setting. A staged party at their house, lots of relatives around. No, I want to see how they are doing at 3:30 on a Wednesday afternoon, or if they go to bed at a decent hour, and in the proper beds?? Just makes me want to go upstairs and hug and kiss my beautiful kids, who sometimes can be a strain on my nerves, but in comparison are TOTAL angels!! Actually, they usually do me proud. It's just some days.... well, you know how that goes! I'll probably watch one or two more shows to see what they find. If it's all more of the same, then that will get boring mighty quick.
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Puzzled
Member
08-27-2001
| Friday, November 05, 2004 - 8:34 pm
My 6-yr old GD couldn't believe what was going on. Thought her eyes were going to pop out of her head. She would be a better parent than that totally inffective mother.
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Mizinvanccouver
Member
02-22-2003
| Thursday, November 11, 2004 - 8:44 am
Anyone catch last nights episode?? At the beginning of the show I thought maybe this one wouldn't work because I didn't get the feeling the father would back up and follow the Nanny's orders due to the 'wager' of his pension with the Nanny but really what ended up happening was the Mother not giving full support half way through. It wasn't until one of the boys drew on their new leather couch that the Mother really jumped on board. What I liked better about his episode was that at the end you actually did see their improvement. I liked the way the mother cryed tears of joy at the end because she was so amazed they could actually take them to a party and they weren't acting like animals in a zoo. Heck I've seen animals in a zoo act better than these kids! At the end though it was nice to see that the boys actually did like having some 'structure' and it showed with their behaviour.
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Zules
Member
08-21-2000
| Thursday, November 11, 2004 - 8:54 am
This show is the best birth control ever!
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Mizinvanccouver
Member
02-22-2003
| Thursday, November 11, 2004 - 9:04 am
Totally agree with you Zules! lol I don't have any children yet and I'm not sure I will but at least it'll give me some good parenting tips or just tips in general to use with my nephew's and nieces. It's funny but children who act out (friends & family) don't seem to act out with me because I'm not wishy washy but direct with them. I dont' baby talk and we have nice visits. I talk to them like I would to anyone else and they respect that. I dont' know why people feel they need to talk differently or accept their acting out because they are children. Oh and in case anyones wondering I am quite popular with the kids. They look forward to seeing their auntie and quite a few of my friends children even call me their auntie. lol
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Mssilhouette
Member
07-11-2001
| Thursday, November 11, 2004 - 9:58 am
Holy screaming "special" kids (trying not to get moded), batman! All I can say is WOW with my mouth open. Those kids were out of major control. I thought the Nanny did a very good job and she was effective. That Time Out worked well for the kid. But the Mom, it's like she didn't think anyone could do anything with her kids. I think she thought it would be a bad reflection on her parenting skills (and it does). The problem I see in the future is she's not going follow up with them and punish them for their actions. Both the Dad and the Mom didn't punish them for anything the kids did. Overall this isn't a bad show. I think i can watch it, but I don't know if I can take those wild kids.
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Mizinvanccouver
Member
02-22-2003
| Thursday, November 11, 2004 - 10:02 am
Mss....the time out for that one kid....he went totally bizerk (sp??) the first time eh? Couldn't sit still if his life depended on it! He said it perfectly that he felt like he was in a cage!
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Thursday, November 11, 2004 - 10:07 am
LOL Zules I agree!!!! I only watched 15 min, the kids were just horrible and I also feel they were over acting for the cameras..I would have whipped my son's ass if he ever acted like that.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, November 11, 2004 - 11:21 am
I started to watch this again and turned it after about 15 minutes too. I just can't watch parents sitting around saying like Willy Wonka, "Stop, don't, come back." Don't parents have any control of their children anymore? Stop trying to be buddies and be a parent! There will be plenty of time to be buddies later.
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Hippyt
Member
06-15-2001
| Thursday, November 11, 2004 - 11:44 am
This show makes me love my kids!!!!!
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Chieko
Member
11-20-2003
| Thursday, November 11, 2004 - 10:36 pm
I thought the Nanny might comment on their diet but maybe that is not her job here. It seemed like all they ate was carbs ( pasta, pasta, and more pasta) and soda pop. Not a diet condusive to calm children. They shouldn't have soda pop with meals or in sippy cups and bottles period.
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Mizinvanccouver
Member
02-22-2003
| Friday, November 12, 2004 - 7:25 am
I would like to seem them do a show with 2 parents who are are divorced/seperated and sharing custody of an unruly child. I'd like to see how they help create structure of a situation where there is so much upset ie over at mom's during the week dad's on the weekend or fluctuating one week mom, one week dad...ect
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Jodied75
Member
08-26-2004
| Friday, November 12, 2004 - 8:36 am
They should show this program in high schools. Forget the electronic babies, this would have made me vow celibacy until I was 30! And while turning kids off of parenthood indefinitely, at least they could pick up parenting tips for when it does happen!
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Mssilhouette
Member
07-11-2001
| Friday, November 12, 2004 - 11:58 am
Good idea Jodied!!
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Puzzled
Member
08-27-2001
| Friday, November 12, 2004 - 4:52 pm
You kids can damage each other, and I won't do anything, but damage my COUCH, and I'll go nuts.
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Jodied75
Member
08-26-2004
| Friday, November 12, 2004 - 10:08 pm
LOL, Puzzled! My mother was like that. My brother and I ran wild, and she was very loose and relaxed with our behaviour, but she was a certified neat freak. The game was over if we messed anything up. Then it was big-trouble-time. She would have went spastic if we drew on her leather couch!
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Puzzled
Member
08-27-2001
| Saturday, November 13, 2004 - 12:13 pm
We humans are a strange lot, aren't we, Jodied?
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Enbwife
Member
08-14-2000
| Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 7:27 am
Is anyone still watching this? I missed this week's show, but caught the first too. I think my mouth was hanging down on the floor the whole time! It made me realize how sweet my 2 yr old is, even though he's in the tantrum, "twos" stage right now and can be very challenging. Especially since I'm 9 mths pregnant and was due yesterday!! The way those kids act is totally a reflection on how they are parented. I'll keep watching.
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Puzzled
Member
08-27-2001
| Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 8:15 am
I'm still watching. Really liked this mother--she instantly "got it" and was quite sweet. The father didn't shape up until Nanny strongly confronted him, but to his credit, he did finally see the light. The kids were pretty quick to catch on, too. Nanny was all teary when she left.
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