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Strange attitudes here



So, I wanted to address the strange attitudes here in IMDb.

One was 'defending bullying your kids by using violence, scaring and terrorizing them as the proper way to bring them up', which I can't understand (except from 'damaged souls', who have been spanked themselves), and I addressed it in another post.

The other one is the weird thought of Jo and her methods somehow taking away the joy of childhood, robbing the kids of their childhood and fun, while in fact, it's doing quite the opposite!

First of all, what kind of joy is it to throw bricks and spit at your brothers, or screaming your head off every day to your sisters while scratching and punching them? What kind of fun childhood is it to be bullied by two girls, with mom always blaming you, the only boy, for everything that happens? What sort of precious childhood memory is smashing windows, biting people and swearing like a sailor?

Second of all, in a LOT of the cases, Jo helps the parents get _MORE_INVOLVED_ in playing with the children, figuring out all kinds of fun games and art projects to play with them and to create with them. THIS is proper childhood - having FUN with your parents, while they encourage you!

WHAT exactly has Jo taken away from any kid, can you please give me an example of a child or children that were clearly happier and would have created better childhood memories with parents who neglect them and don't see their needs, letting them just run wild and punch their brothers and sisters, than after Jo visited and created more harmony and balance, and encouraged the parents to be together with the children, doing fun projects together?

The individual who claimed that it's sad that Jo is making the kids behave like soldiers in military, robbing their childhood - I would really want you to elaborate. Which episode made you feel like that, and why? Did you ever watch more than one episode?

And did you see the episode, where Jo is saying the EXACT OPPOSITE to the mom, who is trying to talk to the kids like they were soldiers? Jo was actually showing the mom that such a way is wrong, and WOULD be robbing the children of their fun childhood memories! She actually CHANGED a mom FROM DOING THAT very thing that you claim Jo does!

I have only seen two of the first seasons, and then a lot of episodes of the seventh season, so I can't be sure, but as far as I can tell, Jo is actually MAKING IT POSSIBLE TO ACTUALLY HAVE A CHILDHOOD for the children that otherwise would only have a HELL in their lives.

They do show the parents playing with the kids, throwing balls outside, taking them to all kinds of fun happenings, rides and events. You get to see happy, smiling, laughing kids, who love life and their parents.

And still, after all this, you thought it was fit to write a comment that expressed your clearly wrong attitude. I am curious as to how that happened, and why. Did your parents spank you?

That's all for now.. I hope you at least consider that you might be wrong about this - just watch the first two seasons, and if you still think your attitude about this is absolutely correct, please come here and list the episodes where you think you are right about this, and explain the reasons why you think that, in every particular case.

Maybe we can make each other more informed this way!

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