I absolutely love Super-Nanny! BEFORE My husband and I have our 1st we watch super-nanny for tips, what to do's and what not to do's. Great role model
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Supernanny
(Rated TV-PG, Reality TV, Starring Jo Frost, Nick Frost, Anthony Green, Where to watch: ABC, DVD, Online)
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Not age appropriate for kids under 8, age appropriate for kids over 12; suggested age 12. -
Is it any good?
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Common Sense says
Modern-day Poppins is more for parents than kids.
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 12 and Up
The good stuff
What to watch out for
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What Parents Need to Know
About Supernanny
Parents need to know that occasionally there's a parent who yells or spanks their child. Kids may think it's funny to see other children misbehaving, but overall this show will probably be more interesting to parents than kids.
Read our full review by Pam Gelman
Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about the behavior of the children and the strategies utilized to overcome this behavior. Were these strategies successful? Do they think the parents will be able to keep up these strategies when Supernanny and the cameras leave? Is it realistic to solve a discipline problem so quickly and easily? And finally, how do cultural factors play a role in parenting?
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Most Recent Reviews
- I rate this title on for age 5 and give it
- My highlights are:
Best TV show's for familys!
- I rate this title iffy for age 17 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Negative role models
damaging show
The supernanny advocates a particularly rigid, violent, and controlling form of parenting. She makes the parents believe they are bad parents if they are not constantly controlling and punishing their children. There is little thought into why they children are behaving as they do, only into punishing them until they behave the way adults want them to. She is not interested in long term issues or even the overall well being of the children and parents. I find this show particularly damaging because it is uncritically being marketed as a wholesome, educational show.
- I rate this title on for age 10 and give it
- My highlights are:
- Good role models
U BETTA WATCH DIS!
LOVE IT! My mom said i was nothing like that whenn i was a kid! YAY ME!LOLZ! (IM 11 BTW.)
- I rate this title off for age 17 and give it
the show has children cursing but its bleeped
- I rate this title on for age 10 and give it
Shows Kids How to Misbehave
I used to think it'd be a great idea to watch this show with the kids, until I noticed my daughter mimicking some of the bad behavior of the kids on the show. So, needless to say, we stopped watching it with the kids INSTANTLY. My kids are pretty young (3 and 15 mos), so I didn't want them picking up any bad habits. My daughter (3) would see a kid misbehaving on the show and say stuff like "He's going to get in big trouble!" So at first, I thought it'd be a good way to show her how NOT to behave. But after awhile, she started to tell me "no" and tell her brother to "shut up." After seeing some kids on the show do that. So I think the show would be ok for older children, but my kids are just too young.
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| 50% | of parents say it gives kids positive messages |
| 50% | of parents don't feel there are good role models |
| 50% | of parents don't think the messages are positive |
| 50% | of parents say it's too violent |
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