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Episode 13


The Young Family
Sherman and Joelle Young work opposite shifts at their jobs, with Dad watching the kids during the day while Mom works, and then handing them off to Mom before going to work at 4:30 pm.

They barely see each other six days a week.

Well-behaved oldest child Dylan, 13, is often pressed into service as a babysitter or overshadowed by his siblings, Shermie, five, and Shelby, three, who are literally climbing the walls - Shelby can reach the top of a door frame when she tries.

Shermie is rambunctious, disrespectful, aggressive, and hits his mother. During timeout, he'll run all the way out the door and up a tree, and Shelby is no better.

She's apt to pull every book off the house's shelves when angered, eats dinner in front of the TV instead of with the family, and both children refuse to stay out of Dylan's room.

Joelle copes by yelling a lot, which the kids ignore, and Dad has no idea how to engage with his children. Can Jo fix the Young family?


Episode 14


The Silva Famiily
Jo Frost meets the Silva family who are rapidly spiralling out of control.

Tom and Danielle each have two children from previous marriages, and they have three children together.

The kids range in age from six months to 17 years old.

Tom is away all week with the Army National Guard, and soon he'll be deployed to Iraq for a year and a half.

In his absence, Danielle, who is very disorganised, allows the children to run amock.

The kids curse openly with no consequences, and there's a lot of negative talk from the parents, which has trickled down to the kids as well.

Dad and Meghan's relationship needs repairing before he leaves for the war. Will Supernanny be able to fix this family before Dad leaves?


Episode 15


The Harmony Family
Erin and Jacob Harmony are at their wits' end raising three boys - Jake (11), Ian (5) and Grant (3).

Big brother Jake is not the big problem, but his two little brothers are.

Ian is the master of back-talk. He torments Grant into frenzies, and the two have violent battles.

Grant's temper gets so out of control that he bites furniture until he bleeds from the mouth.

He has major separation anxiety, and has been known to follow Erin's car all the way to the highway when she tries to leave the house.

On top of it all, Grant wakes up at 3am every morning and insists on sleeping with Mom.

Dad gets so fed up with the crowded conditions that he moves himself onto the living room sofa!

With discipline attempts going nowhere and no one getting any sleep, this family needs Supernanny now. Can Jo restore harmony to this household?


Episode 16


The Jacksoon Family
Lisa and Terry Jackson have five-year-old triplets: Will, Ethan and Isabella.

Lisa, a stay-at-home mom, is outnumbered and burnt out by her boisterous, ill-behaved children, especially her strong-willed daughter.

Isabella is so out of control she even jimmies her brother's locked door with a coat hanger!

Dad, Terry, is checked out, with a job that takes him 250 miles away from home six days out of seven.

Can Supernanny fix this fragmented family of five?


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