SuperNanny visits the Weinstein Family

Based on what I’d read about last nights episode, I expected the father to be far more ‘bullying’ then he actually was.

I could see the family had obvious troubles, but I didn’t see their problems as being that far out of the ordinary.

I think the biggest problem this family has is the fact that dad has to be gone so much with his job as a truck driver.

Having been a single parent for a number of years, I can speak firsthand on the benefit of having two parents around.

There’s a very good friend of mine who is with her children 24/7 while her husband is off traveling for business most weeks and sometimes more than a week at a time.  I’ve seen her struggle with raising her children – being both the mother, father, nurse, disciplinarian and so on.

I think it would help the mother’s recharge tremendously and help them do these multiple jobs more effectively IF when dad does come home, he allowed mom a little time just for her – away from all responsibilities for a few hours.

I’m fairly certain that Jo Jo would come down on me much the same way as she came down on dad in this particular episode – because if he’s a bully, then I guess that makes me a bully too.