I watched a past episode of “The Supernanny” last week, and it reminded me what great lessons are contained in every episode. If you’ve never watched the show, it’s a reality-based series where a family struggling with child behavior issues, seeks the advice from the Supernanny (aka JoJo).
The Supernanny comes to the family’s home and observes its regular routines and find the flaws in the current system. Over the course of a week, she offers suggestions, tips and tricks to get the family back to a functioning unit where the kids respect and listen to the parents.
Each week, there are new challenges and new techniques. It’s a great show that parents should watch to see how others learn to parent young children.
Watch the season premier tonight on ABC.
There is also a separate Suppernanny Web site with tips, articles, video clips, message boards and mom bloggers. Here’s the link.
ABOUT ALICIA: Alicia is the founder of Balancing Motherhood.com. Last year, she managed to stay sane while completing an MBA, working full-time, blogging, and still baking amazing birthday cakes — all while raising a young family at home.
realworldmartha says
It is a great show and tips! I always feel like I have got to do that or this would work after watching. I love REAL LIFE SOLUTIONS to all of us normal people.
kirstenhamelin says
I too like that show. The only thing the supernanny does that I don’t agree with is make the children say they are sorry. When a child does something inappropriate it’s important to talk about what they have done and how the outcome hurts others. An automatic “I’m sorry” is not allowing the child to understand. They learn that when they do something negative all they have to do is say they are sorry and their parent will hug them and everything is fine. Maybe that child isn’t sorry. Maybe acting out in a negative fashion is the only way they know how to express their feelings. I think it’s our job as parents to help teach children there are other ways to express yourself.
Anyway, now that I have ranted….please forgive me. I have always wanted to share that, so thank you for writing about Supernanny.
Overall, a very positive show that can help a lot of families.