Stumble It!
Raging Mom wants me to watch Supernanny with her.
I just can’t do it.
I know she feels comforted by seeing other families who struggle with their kids just like we do. Often, the families on this show make us look like the Keatons rather than the Bluths. Raging Mom even feels like she learns some valuable lessons or techniques from that cockney siren. The devil, she is. The Supernanny torments me.
Another topic for my Raging Therapist. Seriously, this show is just too much for me to deal with. After a long day at work, the packed train ride home, the scarfed-down dinner, the bath fights and bedtime routine, the last thing I want to do is sit down and listen to someone else’s little terrors scream bloody murder at their depressed and angry parents. Shit. It’s like TiVo-ing my own bad attitude.
I should probably try to chill out and watch it. Anyone else have similar feelings about watching?
Are you the Keatons?
What would I do baby, without us?
Or the Bluths?
Arrested Development: "I've made a terrible mistake."
Filed under: bad daddy, raging thoughts | Tagged: blissful ignorance, Supernanny
MY GOD!!!!!! I hate Supernanny!
The whole thing is plain and simple …STUPID!!!!
These partents did not get the memo that screaming at their kids is not a useful parenting tool? Or the one about letting the kids make the rules in the house…causing disaster.
Don’t do it my raging friend! Be strong! Hold your ground! Keep that Super SUCKER out of your house at all costs!
I find Supernanny incredibly satisfying. It’s so cathartic to see such horribly messed-up families have ALL their problems fixed in under an hour. It’s kind of like watching sports movies, to me. There are always ridiculous obstacles in the way, and people with problems, and then magically, by the end of the movie (or episode), the protagonist has overcome adversity and triumphed over evil. The credits roll, and everyone feels better about themselves. I also find her charming and well-spoken, but I can see how her personality is not to everyone’s taste. Still, I think the reason I like the show is that it’s not “Cops” (everyone’s messed up, and we watch them be messed up) but it’s more like a good movie (everyone’s messed up, and we skip all the hard parts and just watch all the problems get solved fast. Aaaaahhhhh).
We are def. the Bluths around here…
We had hot ham water for dinner tonight if that tells you anything:)
UGH I couldn’t agree more. I just want to reach through my TV and strangle the kids, the parents, and the brat-whisperer.
p.s. your “snap shots” thingy is the coolest!!! I wonder if Blogger has something like that.
My wife doesn’t watch that show, but thanks to Tivo our nights are filled with an endless cycle of shows that make me want to stick needles in my eyes – Sex in the City, The Gilmore Girls, that show where they build a house for some hardluck family… WE MEN MUST UNITE IN PROTEST!!!
I just had to follow you from your recent comment to Happy Hour Sue.
You made me laugh!
And now you referrence Arrested Developement! I miss that show!!!
Advice: Avoid “The Nanny”. Run, run away!
(Hey, I’m also in Portland)
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