SupER naNNy

Today, I found a very interesting TV program that got me addicted to it for the whole afternoon. It was called "Super Nanny". They had this British nanny who goes to families that had issues on educating children, and figures out what the problems were that cause their children "behaving in a disorderly manner". But first of all, I'd like to say that beyond what the program was focusing on, I noticed that these families were super rich. They live in mansions, they have their own huge garden, and their houses were beautifully designed. In the beginning of each episode, the nanny would stay with the family for a certain time and observe the daily interaction between the parents and the children. Some of the children really drove me nuts, but I think it's all because the way their parents educate them.

There were one family that had one older boy who always wanted his parent's hug when the mother or the father already had a twin sisters on both of their arms. Of course the boy's not going to be picked up, so he cried all the time. He would try to do anything to get his parents' attention. And there were a few kids that were so naughty that they just never seems to be willing to go to bed. They would jump out of their bed after their parents gave them their good-night kiss or bedtime story, and do whatever was funny to them but painful to the parents. Of course these bad behaviors were not because the kids were born to be like that, the only answer to this problem is that their parents didn't teach them in a proper way.

The nanny offers solutions to their problems like giving them a "time-out", take them to a separate room or put them on a chair, ignore their intention of getting their parents' attention or she would simply ask the parents to change their own behavior. But one thing that never changes to every family is that they all need to stick to a strict schedule, which is not commonly used technique.