Do you and your kids ever watch the Nanny show?

[moonglow]

The first time I watched it a long time ago I was pretty appalled at some of the things the Nanny was doing on this one show. I still won't say I agree with how they go about things but many times they do help families that really need help getting their kids under control. Anyway this evening Nate was changing channels and stopped on it and was actually watching it so I joined him. He was shocked at how bad these kids were acting and some of the words coming out of the four year old's mouth. The concern of the Nanny in this show was the mom really did nothing about what the boy said and even denied what he said...was shown the video of the boy saying this and she still tried to say he said something else.

And they talked about respect and how the mother was not respectful towards the kids so the kids had no respect for her or for anyone else. In that I thought it was a pretty good show and we talked about respect and if we showed respect to each other and made for a nice discussion. So then I was wondering if anyone on here watched it with their kids and what you thought about it.

The few times we have watched it, its given us a chance to have some interesting discussions about the different situations and what we would do...Nate even saying what he would do if he was the parent. He thought the mom in this show should have gotten a spanking because she was flat out lying about many things...:cool: (and no I don't spank him..he is nearly 13 and due to other issues, long story, swats were stopped at a young age and I used other ways to disciple him).

He says one day he wants to get married and have some kids of his own...though he is kind of young in looking into how to actually raise kids yet! lol. Its kind of funny...but neat too. :)

God bless

[Truthinlove]

Personally, I think the Nanny shows are great birth control! haha :lol:

No kids here as of yet and seeing how atrocious those kids act and how stressful and chaotic their households are.....wow, it makes me grateful to be where I am. ;)

[TruthFaith]

Well, I think it serves as a warning too.

[moonglow]

Personally, I think the Nanny shows are great birth control! haha :lol:

No kids here as of yet and seeing how atrocious those kids act and how stressful and chaotic their households are.....wow, it makes me grateful to be where I am. ;)

Well you do realize that is the reason they called the Nanny for help in the first place. Think of all the ones that don't need too! Having good parenting skills makes all the difference in the world. Alot of how we parent we learned from our parents and if they weren't good parents then we need to learn how to be by taking parenting classes (firstly reading the bible), and doing alot of praying to God for direction in how to raise our children.

I watch that show...forget the name of it right now...where they have EIGHT very young children. She had twins then later had sextuplet. Its unbelievable how well they do with their kids. With that many its going to get loud of course..and seem crazy at times but the children are NOT out of control like we see on the Nanny show. The mom and dad of these kids are unbelievably calm and that helps so much in having calm children...especially at young ages where all they are, are one big bungle of emotions they have little control over.

Laughing one minute, crying the next...(do that a billion times in one day! :lol: times 8!) I couldn't do it. I would be ...in a padded room I think...lol. I am tend to be on they hyper side! Plus I am not organized at all and with that many you need to be organized. They never cease to amaze me how well they do with so many SO young! So please don't think all kids are like what you see in the Nanny shows...

God Bless

[MrAnteater]

I've seen these shows and it's typical of what you would expect in the self-help post modern society we live in. The emphasis is on the individual child, or parent, and God is never mentioned in the equation.

The odds are stacked against any family without God in their life and not living for Him first and foremost. I don't think it's any coincidence that any follow-up done after these shows are only a few weeks later. If you went a year or two out they would revert back to the same destructive paths. Without God as the anchor, it's very likely to fail.

[graceforme]

I've seen these shows and it's typical of what you would expect in the self-help post modern society we live in. The emphasis is on the individual child, or parent, and God is never mentioned in the equation.

The odds are stacked against any family without God in their life and not living for Him first and foremost. I don't think it's any coincidence that any follow-up done after these shows are only a few weeks later. If you went a year or two out they would revert back to the same destructive paths. Without God as the anchor, it's very likely to fail.


You are so right! I watch "Super Nanny" sometimes. I enjoy seeing the methods Jo uses to turn these kids and their parents around. If God were in the program, it would be a real joy, as her methods are sometimes really heart-warming, however, it's a great disappointment that God is never mentioned, and I've never seen a family that even hinted toward Christianity or even attending church.

The parents in these shows are too lazy to even attempt to discipline their kids or teach them anything till it comes back to "bite them in the butt", which it always does. Hopefully, they continue to follow the paths of discipline that Jo gives them, but I, too, doubt that there is any difference down the road a year or two. I doubt very much if those parents have enough motivation to follow through with much of anything that takes real effort where their kids are concerned.

We should introduce a new show - "Jesus - The REAL Family Saver." I doubt if the networks would buy it, though.

God Bless.

[superwoman8977]

And heres the thing you can have God in your life and in your family and home and still have issues with the kids. I am the single mom of a 10 and a 6 yr old and yes I still have issues with my kids. No they arent in the most ideal of situations but they are being brought up in the ways of the Lord however they still bicker at each other and dont listen to me all the time. They are boys, its their nature. I get alot out of watching Super Nanny and I take notes and use the stuff I learn on the boys and it has so helped. I dont knock shows that can help because we can always use help in making our kids the best that they can be. JMHO.:hug: