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Archive through December 31, 2004

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Mizinvanccouver
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02-22-2003

Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 8:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I didn't get to watch the entire show, just the beginning but in the previews at the beginning of the show I was glad to see they address what the parents are feeding their kids. It really does make a difference on their moods.

Any other tidbits that were notable Puzzled?

Mamie316
Member

07-08-2003

Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 9:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
This one actually touched me. My heart felt for both the parents when they realized what they were doing.

Danas15146
Member

03-31-2004

Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 9:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
This one was good for me too -- I think that it made my husband understand that screaming doesn't work. I also took the opportunity to make a comment that nothing bothers me more than the words Shut Up being yelled.

Mamie316
Member

07-08-2003

Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 10:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Shut up is just horrible especially being yelled at children. That was all this family did was yell. I sincerely hope that they do stick to it.

Danas15146
Member

03-31-2004

Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 10:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Mamie I agree 100% and I comment every time it is said (ie. yelled). I have also pointed out that the kids say it because they here him say it. I think sometimes it takes seeing someone else do it to see how horrid it sounds to get someone to change. If that doesn't do it - I am getting a taperecorder so that I can play it back and he can hear for himself what an @@@ he sounds like.

Mamie316
Member

07-08-2003

Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 10:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Children really do repeat what they hear. I have done daycare for years and I can tell you that I have learned a lot about what each child's homelife is like by what they say.

Puzzled
Member

08-27-2001

Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 2:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Guess I liked the way both parents apologised to the kids and how the kids responded, MizinVancouver.

It was nice, too, how much the parents showed their appreciation to the Nanny.

IMO, this was the best show to date.

Mizinvanccouver
Member

02-22-2003

Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 4:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks Puzzled!

Ahhhh that's too bad I missed it!!! It sounds like it was a great episode!

Bluejaxrock
Member

04-23-2004

Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 8:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I missed last week's show, but I'm hooked on Nanny! Most of the time I watch it and think, 'oh I would so bust their little bottoms'!

I liked last night's show...I thought I'd die when the dad told the nanny, "you have no clue what it's like around here!" after she'd watched video of how their family (dis)functions. I'm glad the dad finally got it, and I think the mom knew what she had to do but needed someone to give her affirmation. (jeez, i sound like some kind of analyst, huh?) I always tried to use a stern, regulated, calm voice with my kids when I was really p'od, cause it helped me keep my cool. (Still does.) I remember talking to my 8 month old like she was an adult, explaining why I was angry, just to keep from losing it.
This show makes me wonder about the future, though. Is this the typical kid out there? From what's been posted so far, probably not, but there are still too many parents who won't take responsibility for their children. I've got an 18-year old and a 5-year old. And I tell them both that my job right now is to make sure they are contributing, caring, productive members of society...whatever means neccessary...lol

Puzzled
Member

08-27-2001

Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 9:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I don't think it's any worse today than it ever was. Ever since I can remember, people have been bemoaning the kids of the era.

Spock was blamed, radio was blamed, TV was blamed, popular music, etc., etc. My Dad was born in 1890 and the "elders" felt that his generation was going to hell in a handcart because of the "penny dreadfuls"--cheap little books that cost a penny.

In fact, in Latin class we read how Pliny, or Cato, or someone was predicting doom because of the generation coming up.

Every generation has it's share of permissive/clueless parents, but fortunately most of us do a fairly good job. It's just that the super chaotic families really stand out and shock us all.

Hippyt
Member

06-15-2001

Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 10:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I agree,this is a tv show. While I do think parents go through a lot,I think this is pure tv.
There are parents who can handle their children,and there are those who cannot.

Marej
Member

09-20-2002

Thursday, December 02, 2004 - 6:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
At the end, when Nanny was leaving and everyone was crying, and hopefully peace had come to the house, that was a sad goodbye and I grabbed a few tissues.

Mizinvanccouver
Member

02-22-2003

Thursday, December 02, 2004 - 10:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I missed last nights episode and forgot to tape it.

Marej or someone care to recap for me please??

Needmylifeback
Member

08-14-2000

Thursday, December 02, 2004 - 10:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I was really surprised that the dad "got" it last night...there must have been a lot more conversations that were not shown to see such a drastic change in him. Someone who has yelled (Or in his words "TALKED LOUDLY" LOL!)their entire life does not change with just that one conversation with the nanny! ... Was it really only 6 days that she was there?????

Reader234
Member

08-13-2000

Thursday, December 02, 2004 - 10:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
this morning trying to get dd out of the house on time (she's 8) and dh yelled, I wondered what and how they did make such dramatic changes, and how can I do that??!! (and no way am I applying for the show!!) She just loves power struggles, I know dh knows this, I do everything to avoid it, but she puts her foot down and says I dont like the way you asked me to brush my teetth, you cant make me, and she runs and locks herself in the bathroom!!! aaaaaackk!!

Karuuna
Member

08-31-2000

Thursday, December 02, 2004 - 11:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Reader, time to take the lock off the bathroom door. :-)

I was very surprised the dad got it too. Except that maybe that talk about Joseph Jr becoming a juvey scared the heck out of him enough to take another look. And when his wife said that when he comes home, she just wants to leave the room. You'd have to be very very closed to not hear how your family was falling apart after those two comments.

And maybe when he sat down and talked to Joe Jr and saw that it actually worked, that helped the light go on just a bit too.

I was tearing up when Nanny left too. She really bonded with them all, and I hope they can keep the good feelings and changed attitude in place with her gone.

Emmy
Member

05-05-2004

Thursday, December 02, 2004 - 9:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I used something tonight that Nanny showed me last night. I took a trash bag and filled it up with things left all over the floor. DD was told TOO MANY TIMES that she needed to pick up her room and didn't. Couldn't find the dance leotard with dance class starting and I remembered how Nanny handled all that. Now (after dance class) dd is cleaning up her room and is allowed to take things one by one out of the bag if she can put them away. Anyone else have a 10-yr-old that will not do what she's told? Where's that thread?

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Friday, December 03, 2004 - 7:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Emmy, look in the parent's thread (Parenting Place), I'll start that thread for you!

Karuuna
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08-31-2000

Friday, December 03, 2004 - 9:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
My son is ten, and does almost everything he is *asked* to do -- I rarely rarely tell him to do anything. I think that's an important difference.

I also think it's important that you have logical consequences for behavior problems. However, I've never taken any of his property away, and I thought the trash bag thing was a bit harsh, tho very effective in a situation that's gotten way out of control.

But really, in my case, I've found that we have a great cooperative relationship. We respect each other. And because he wants that mutual respect and cooperation to continue, we negotiate what needs to done, agree to it and it gets done. In other words, he does what needs to be done because he values the relationship we have as mother and son. And we both like it better when that relationship is about getting along respectfully, rather than a power struggle.

His room is reasonably clean, and he does his homework most nights without reminders. He also does his chores but needs gentle reminders more frequently on that. :-)

It wasn't always that way, but I think for each child you have to find solutions that work for that child. In other words, kids have different things that they value and therefore different motivations, and you have to figure out what works for your kid. It's more effortful than the simple solutions, but really pays off in the long run.

Roppiepie
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05-06-2004

Thursday, December 30, 2004 - 11:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Huh??? yesterday on Dr Phil he had families with "problem" children. 1st up is a couple who can't understand how their 4yo son uses cuss words and they don't know where he heard those words or how to get him to stop using them. They also have a 2yo dtr who seems to be following in his footsteps. I couldn't belive it! This family was on a repeat Nanny 911 on tuesday night! It really concerns me how these parents are exploiting their own kids for face time on TV...pathetic. It really is.

Karuuna
Member

08-31-2000

Friday, December 31, 2004 - 11:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Roppie, I'm glad I'm not the only one who saw that. I was thinking for sure that was the same couple!

Needmylifeback
Member

08-14-2000

Friday, December 31, 2004 - 3:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I saw the tail end of the interview ...just before Dr. Phil went to commercial...got a glimpse of the couple and couldn't believe it was the same parents...I would think that they had had Nanny 911 before the Dr. Phil interview ....and I thought the Dad was 'getting" it....and they still went on Dr. Phil.... I think "mom" has a real bad problem.... and wonder why they went on Nanny 911 in the first place...the gift maybe??? ...Because if the Dr. Phil show was after all the previous things the boy had been doing....and the boy was still behaving badly...then the mom must not have kept to the program....*(I wonder if she is back to sleeping in her son's room...)

Karuuna
Member

08-31-2000

Friday, December 31, 2004 - 4:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
All the Dr. Phil show covered was Dylan's use of profanity, which wasn't covered much in the Nanny 911 show.

Interestingly enough, on Dr. Phil, the dad wasn't really getting it, since Dr. Phil kept saying the kid wouldn't know profanity if he hadn't heard it at home; and the dad kept saying well, we do, but um, not that often, and it's not that bad, blah blah blah.

Hukdonreality
Member

09-29-2003

Friday, December 31, 2004 - 11:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yikes, that whining mother irriated me. I wanted the Nanny to say, "If you think you know better than me then why did you need to call for help? Live with the monsters you created and enjoy sleeping with your son when he's a teenager."

That couple probably isn't long for this world. They are so incredibly different from one another and they just don't get it.

Mostly, I felt sorry for that poor dog. What a madhouse

Roppiepie
Member

05-06-2004

Friday, December 31, 2004 - 11:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Do these parents have agents who send them off to air their dirty laundry on any show that'll take 'em? It's like the parents are making up problems just to keep their face time going. Disgusting.