Opening[]
Announcer: Tonight, Jo meets the Newton family.
Jo: Hello.
Vicki: Hi!
Jo: Hi, pleased to meet you, I'm Jo.
Announcer: These separated parents share custody of their 2 children.
Vicki: You're going to Daddy's for a while.
Announcer: But while Dad runs a tight ship at his house...
Aaron Sr: Ah, ah, ah. Don't even start. Aaron, you know you don't talk with food in your mouth.
Announcer: ...all hell breaks loose at Mom's.
Vicki: Stop it!
Announcer: And Kobe's the culprit.
Kobe: (Bleep) you!
Announcer: This 5-year old's rage even shocks Jo.
Vicki: OW! Stop it!
Announcer: Will she be able to calm the whirlwind of chaos?
Jo: Remove him.
Announcer: And get Mom and Dad to push their own issues to the side?
Aaron Sr: I didn't lay this foundation. Vicki did.
Announcer: Or are these parents a lost cause?
Jo: I'd like a joint decision on whether you'd like to invite me back.
(Intro)
Submission Reel[]
Jo: OK, let's take a look and see what family we've got here.
Vicki: Hi, my name is Vicki Newton. I'm 43 years old and I have 2 sons. Aaron who's 12, and Kobe who's 5.
Aaron Sr: My name is Aaron Newton, I'm 54 years old. Vicki and I are currently separated; we've been separated for a little over a year.
Kobe: (yells)
Vicki: I have primary custody of the boys.
Aaron Jr: He's throwing the fire stuff at me!
Vicki: Let's go, in the house.
Kobe: No!
Vicki: In the house!
Kobe: NO!
Vicki: And they spend every other weekend with their father.
Aaron Sr: And when my children are with me, they're good kids.
Vicki: The boys are night and day when they're with me and with their father.
Kobe: (screaming and crying)
Vicki: Kobe is the angel-devil child.
Kobe: (yelling)
- CRASH*
Vicki: Stop it!
Vicki: He will turn on you...
Vicki: OW!
Vicki: Hit, kick and scream.
Kobe: (yelling)
Vicki: Absolutely have meltdowns.
Jo: This little boy's so angry...
Vicki: Aaron?
Aaron Jr: Vicki.
Vicki: Aaron wants to be a big mature man.
Kobe: You're kicked out of our house!
Vicki: And Kobe pushes every button that Aaron has.
Vicki: What now, Aaron?
Aaron Jr: He peed on the ground and I stepped in it!
Kobe: I peed on the ground so he just stepped in it.
Aaron Sr: Get your ass downstairs!
Aaron Sr: I'm a very strict person.
Aaron Sr: Aaron, you are definitely cleaning this place up today.
Aaron Sr: And my children understand, you know I can't hang with this.
Aaron Sr: I want you to eat. I want you to eat now.
Vicki: I feel like such a horrible mom, because they're just... they just won't-won't listen.
Vicki: When I cook food, then you can eat it.
Kobe: I want to eat when I want to eat!
Vicki: Stop! stop that!
Jo: So different in one house to the other.
Kobe: (BLEEP).
Vicki: HEY!
Aaron Sr: I don't think I need Supernanny's help. But I believe Vicki does, tremendously.
Vicki: I feel like...I can't win. So, please, if you can do it, (sighs) I'll be forever grateful.
Jo: I've seen enough. You guys desperately need my help and yes I'm on my way now.
Oberservation Begins[]
Jo: Hello.
Vicki: Hi!
Jo: Nice to meet you, I'm Jo.
Vicki: Hi, I'm Vicki.
Jo: May I come in?
Vicki: Oh, please do.
Vicki: This is Jo.
Jo: Hi, Kobe. Pleased to meet you, shake JoJo's hand.
Jo: How are you?
Kobe: Good.
Jo: Good!
Jo (Interview) : After I was introduced to Kobe, we went outside to the backyard, where we played some basketball, but it was up five minutes before Kobe starting trouble.
Vicki: Knock it off! You better stop threating or throwing at me, all right?
Kobe: Ha-ha!
Vicki: Don't you throw it at me.
Kobe *throws the basketball at the wall*
Vicki: Why are you doing that?!
Jo (Interview): This little boy has no respect for Vicky. He doesn't listen to anything she has to say, he doesn't take her seriously, just total non-respect.
Vicki: Aaron.
Jo: Hi Aaron how are ya?
[...]
Announcer: Coming up on Supernanny...
Aaron Sr.: Ah, ah, ah Don't even start.
Announcer: The boys fall into line under dad's command.
Aaron Sr.: Kobe sit up right in the chair. You know you don't talk with your food in your mouth.
Announcer: But can Jo enlist dad to join mom's const
Jo: Where is the discipline?
Aaron Sr.: I can't discipline my children for something to do in my house
Jo: But it's not good enough Aaron
Aaron Sr.: I understand.
Announcer When Supernanny returns.
Observation Continues[]
Parent Meeting[]
[...]
Announcer: Coming up on Supernanny...
Jo: When your ready to press play.
Vicki: Don't start kicking!
Announcer: When confronting with the truth.
Vicki: Ow!
Announcer: Dad goes on the defences
Aaron Sr.: I don't want to hear my responses
Jo: But I do.
Announcer: When Supernanny returns.
Supernanny Tips #1[]
Announcer: But first a tip from Supernanny...
Jo: An emotional situation like divorce. It's not to easy for us leaning our children for support. Kids should't have to deal with that adult issues. Instead let's reline from our friends and families instead.
Teaching Begins[]
[...]
Announcer: Coming up on Supernanny...
Aaron Sr.: I have to be honest okay.
Announcer: Dad's got an axe to grind at Jo.
Aaron Sr.: Kobe I want you to run upstairs and daddy has to be real.
Jo: This is good this is what I want.
Announcer: But Jo gets the last word.
Jo: I know your gonna say and i'm gonna lay my card down on the table
Aaron Sr.: Please do.
Announcer: When Supernanny returns.
Supernanny: Website/Phone Call[]
Announcer: If your family needs Supernanny's help applied online at www.ABC.com or called told free at 1-877-NANNY-TIME.
Teaching Continues[]
[...]
Announcer: Coming up on Supernanny... With Jo gone will mom to beat Kobe in
Vicki: We need to calm down we need to breathe.
Announcer: And can Aaron help to bring Jo back.
Aaron Jr.: I wish Kobe will stop hitting mom and me.
Announcer: When Supernanny returns.
Supernanny Tips #2[]
Announcer: But first a tip from Supernanny...
Jo: Money can't buy what your kids want. You can buy them all of them toys in the world. But they want most of all is your time. And that cost you absolutely nothing.
Family Test Run[]
Parent Evaluation[]
[...]
Announcer: Coming up on Supernanny...
Vicki: He's destroying everything.
Announcer: Kobe's on the disruption path again.
[Kobe Screams]
Jo: Remove him from the area.
Announcer: And this time Jo's had enough
Jo: Remove him
Announcer: When Supernanny returns.
Reinforcement[]
Jo saying goodbye