SUPERNANNY - Monster Island

“It’s disgusting,” Supernanny said. “I feel like I’m in a subway.”

Supernanny Jo Frost does not pull punches when it comes to critiquing the décor of a family’s home.  In this case she was referring to the adolescent warzone in the basement of the Weinstein house where four kids (ranging in age from 7 to 2) hurl furniture, smash toys, punch holes in the drywall, and scrawl kiddy graffiti on the walls. 

Parents Chia and David have given up on the basement and let the kids get all destructo in a controlled and designated space - much like when the Japanese military put Godzilla on Monster Island.

Sticking with the movie analogies, if the kids are Godzilla, then the dad acts like the drill sergeant from An Officer and a Gentleman.  He grabs his kids and roars orders at them and pretty much just bullies them.  As you might imagine, Jo does not approve.

Once again Jo had a series of games and exercises designed to reinforce her point.  My favorite this time is when she made overbearing dad sit on the grass while she screamed in his ear.  “Oh, you don’t like that do you?”  That was awesome.

Of course, Supernanny is a match for any dad, and after breaking him down, she builds him back up into a mellow, kinder dad.  In the end, the trashed basement is transformed into a happy, graffiti-free play room, and the Weinsteins are transformed into a happy family.  Man, Supernanny is like a Parenting Fairy that just waves her magic wand and transforms you into a perfect family! 

Come visit my house, Parenting Fairy!

--Dave Campbell

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You know one thing i can't stand is parents that blame filth of their kids. Get off your lazy butts and clean behind those kids. Key word here KIDS!