I prefer watching Super Nanny.

And, they have had at least one African-American family on there...they had twin boys.

Anyway, it just amazes me with what those kids and kids I see at work can get away with. I actually had a 4 year-old girl back-talk me while I was checking her parents out...and her parents did nothing. I will admit that I was spanked when I was little and was under control so if I even thought of saying something like that to an adult, I knew the result would not be pretty.

I'm not sure that I would spank my future kids now that I have seen Super Nanny...she has taught me a lot!

SuperNanny was actually the original as it has been on in England longer than Nanny 911 has been around. They just brought it to the U.S.

I watch both of these shows with my mouth hanging open in shock. I wouldn't have made it to double digits if I behaved like this as a kid.

I have only 1 thing to say.......

DUCT TAPE, BABY, DUCT TAPE!

:D

And you wouldn't have to! I have 3 and have only spanked one of them one time (when he was 3 - he's 12 now!). That was after a lot of warnings! I think most people would tell you that my kids are very well behaved and do what they are asked to do for the most part. I'm not completely opposed to spanking, but there are a lot of things to do before it comes to that.

I can't believe when I see some of those parents! The kids are dying for some control!! Maybe they do whip into shape in a week because they are so grateful for someone to be in charge!!!

That's interesting and a good point about spanking. And - I'm impressed! :-) After watching SuperNanny a few times I am a bit more apprehensive of that whole child thing! Some of those children on that show are ruthless! It's so sad. And upsetting!

I remember them, they were also featured on Oprah. In that epidsode I remember the dad was willing to beat the siht outta the boys, not very much so with the mom....I agree with the dad, heh :)

i saw a preview for this show or maybe it was the the other one, but they had to bring in 3 people to control like 20 kids, all in one family too. i think it airs next week.

I don;t have kids, but i have 2 neices and have worked at an elementary school and i have to agree that kids like it when they are told what to do. I think it has something to do with the fact that they want to seem grown up and make choices, but when they are given too much and they don't know what to do or how to act. And so having someone, such as a parent, tell them what to do makes them feel comfortable cause then they know how to act.


And i do think that many of those shows are fake, like oh kids act like totalk screw ups and then act like the nanny taught you have to behave so we can get a nice vacation or a brand new car. I saw one (don;t know which ) but the family got like $50,000. Wow, i would act like a total screw up for a week if i could get that much money.