Customer Reviews

Supernanny - Season 1

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4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
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I have a toddler who just hit "terrible twos". I've heard a lot of good things about the "Supernanny" show but never watched it, so I decided to buy a DVD. I'm glad I did!

The Supernanny provides very clear instructions on her parenting techniques. First we see her doing the technique, then the parents. Then it goes in detail in what the parents did wrong when implementing the technique, and shows again how to do it correctly. This repetition really helps to finally "get it".

I read lots of parenting books, but watching this DVD beats mosts of these books hands down! What you read in books can be interpreted in many different ways... most of which are wrong ways. Watching the DVD allows you to SEE exactly what to do, and HOW to do it.

I bought the DVD as a gift because a friend of mine was having a hard time with her kids, they were running the house and didn`t respect her at all, and i thought maybe this could help her. A few days later i bumped in to her and she was very grateful, she said all the tips the supernanny gave were right on the money, the kids respected her a bit more, they were more obedient, and she was very pleased with the results, i thought, well maybe she`s just saying it, but no i saw the kids and they really did change theyre behavior.

I really really really recommend the Supernanny DVD, if you or some you know are new parents and seem to have a hard time educating the kids, this DVD is a must see.

This DVD is awesome to have because being a single mom (parent), it's hard to find a lot of free time to read up/catch up on the healthy, constructive ways of raising children. I gave it a 5 because it has awesome tips and they work. I would advise however, that many of the episodes are repetitive to some extent so don't expect to want to watch the whole series in one night.

I find these videos very helpful for my parenting. I think they are a great value for the entire season. I hope they come out with the next season soon as Supernanny has tweaked her methods a little since this opening season and she's only gotten better at this job.

FINALLY! Supernanny is on DVD THANK YOU JESUS! This show is great. Amazing to see how these children who act unruly to their parents and siblings change for the better. Jo Frost is the best nanny out there. A must have for parents. The DVD includes of course each family (10), bloopers, and discipline technique. I already have mine. Purchased it at target today for only $19.99.

A good set of episodes, the Super Nanny's dry humor and glib handling of ill-behaved kids always makes us smile. And to see her bring out the goodness in the kids (and the common sense in the parents!) is always a heartwarmer.

After watching the series in the UK once I moved to the US and saw my brother having problems with his children, I decided to buy this dvd for him, and he found it very useful!

I have season 1 and I can not wait for season 2 to come out.

People in general tend to raise (their) children based on a mix of: a) "how I remember that I was brought up", but b) eliminating those elements that are too aggressive or old fashioned for today (spanks, yelling, emotional blackmail, ...).
Those that have more than one child, can apply what they learned with their firstborn to their 2nd, 3rd, ... children, but very few people have had the opportunity to try different techniques on hundreds / thousands of children to really find out those that work best.

Supernanny is one of those people. Jo Frost brings her experience of many years and many children to real parents who have (some serious) problems educating their sons and daughters (who are 1 to 6-7 years old on this first season as far as I remember).

For me, the most important contribution of this series is not the advise from somebody with a lot of successful experience on these matters (which is great), but to be able to watch her and hear her as she applies very finished techniques once and again on 10 different families with very different (some similar too) situations, parent needs, etc.

After watching the complete 1st season, it has become very clear to me that "using the main idea of a technique" is the very same as "using no technique at all". Each one of the described techniques involves several subtleties that make a huge difference not only on the technique's effectiveness but on the way the child perceives what he/she is being taught (hence the effectiveness I guess).

No magic solutions are suggested, but instead, a consistent way to approach things with children (on different matters like going to sleep, behaving well, eating dinner, sharing things with brothers / sisters / friends, etc.) each one with a particular technique that makes a huge difference for the whole family in very few days (according to what can be seen on the DVDs).

The best results of all is that the children of these families end up not only behaving very well, but being much happier after the changes introduced by the Supernanny than before she came in (needless to say, the parents end up extremely grateful).

I recommend this season to anybody looking for sound advise and practical techniques on raising children (of ages ~1-7) with modern and proven techniques as long as he/she is willing to:

a) Have a very consistent behavior towards his/her children's attitudes
b) Pay attention and apply the techniques to their last detail
c) Reach a good family balance, given that changes are introduced to the family schedule to help the children (and parents) have structure, as well as help the children have something to look up to.

Anybody that cannot / will not commit to those 3 things, I would not recommend buying the series, not because it would hurt, but because it wouldn't help either (other than its entertaining effect of course, but if entertaining is what you look for, there are better series out there).

item came faster than what i thought and in the condition that was described-good as new condition.