SUPERNANNY - Best. Episode. Ever.

I’ll admit it:  I cry during movies and TV shows.  Heck, I get choked up during life insurance commercials.  I regularly tear up during Extreme Makeover Home Edition, but I have never cried during an episode of Supernanny.

Until this week, that is.

OK, I’m not talking about outright blubbering and sobbing.  I don’t want anybody to think that I am less than manly.  But I have to admit, Supernanny got me right there [points to heart] this week.

You know how Supernanny Jo Frost is always devising symbolic activities or games for families to play that convey a certain message?  “Write down your fears on these eggs, and then we will smash them over your head.  Then you will take a shower and wash the slime of fear off of you.”  Maybe not exactly like that, but you get the point.

This week Supernanny helped out the Moy family of Nebraska, who had sort of a combatative relationship with their disrespectful kids.  Dad traveled a lot for work, leaving Mom Michelle to fend off the attacks of her three children all by herself, with no body armor or protective headgear or anything.  Michelle had the biggest issues with her 11 year old daughter Hailey, who was heck on wheels.

As part of the Supernanny intervention, Jo created an activity that would help Michelle and Hailey bond as well as communicate some lessons that they needed to get along better.  She took them out to a huge climbing structure made of wood and ropes and whatnot.  After donning a helmet and safety line, Hailey climbed up to the platform high on top of the structure and Michelle followed.  Jo taped envelopes with important tips on improving the mother-daughter relationship; stuff like “listen without judgment” and the like.

When Michelle finally climbed up to Hailey on the top platform, there was one final envelope.  Inside it was the one thing that her daughter really needed from her.  Mom opened the envelope, and all it said was:  LOVE ME.

And then I got all misty.  Come on, you’d have to be made of stone to not be touched by that.

Say what you will about Supernanny, but I think she’s pretty darn cool. Even if she did make me cry.

--Dave Campbell 

Comments

[Grungie]

Dave Campbell, you rock! I like your writing style... I just want to read more because you are funny. No one is paying me to write this! No wonder they are paying you! Ingenious idea...great job. Let me know if you're hiring. You are going to need some sleep sometime! ( :

[Melissa Ballard]

I love Super nanny. She is the best. I only wish she could come to Ohio.

[sue]

I'm watching today's episode I saw the most ridiculous thing ever. The man barely touched his son and the son was putting his baby sister in danger. That was an insane exaggeration. You treated the man like he was abusing the child when all he did was, as quickly as possible, get his son off his sister. I saw the show and he barely touched him. The boy stayed on the floor because he knows how to play not only his mother, but you too. Now I remember why I don't watch your show.

[lauralclr]

Oh god, i cry EVERY time!
i ahd such a horrendous childhood and i KNEW my parents should have been doig this or that..but no one cared..so every single time i watch the show and i see the parents care..i jsut cry..expecially that chineese coule who had all those kidss who all had so many lessons..god i lvoed the dad ! HE made my bawl he was soo sweet and the mom too.i wish they could adopt me but im too old! those kids are sooo lucky.