Extreme Parental Guidance: The Challenges of Raising a Superhero Fan |Real Families

Six-year-old Jack has his mum bruised, battered and defeated by the battle he wages each bedtime, and he's not afraid to take a swing at Jo. Can she persuade mum Nikkie to march into the fray and take on her violent son? For superhero fan George, ten costume changes a day is a way of life - now he can't concentrate at school and is falling behind.
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[@Nodeal757]

That lil guy obsessed with superheroes honestly was the sweetest thing in this show 🥺💖 wanting to fix his lil sister already 🥺💖

[@altarush]

I would make him write stories about superheroes or read superheroes books

[@karleymumford1745]

That little boy reminded me of how I was. I would act out Disney's Lion King and so many more Disney animals my family thought something was wrong with me. I ended up medicated and messed up long term from being medicated unnecessarily as such a young child. Let your kids imaginations grow and blossom. They will probably become artists or writers of some kind.

[@Nodeal757]

@@karleymumford1745 honestly same 🥺💖 I was actually held back in nursery from going to school for an extra year because I was too disruptive, by disruptive they meant I constantly embodied either animals or Disney characters and wouldn't sit and listen to say a story sometimes 😅😂 I'd just make my own up and do my own lil thing, but I wasn't stupid I was just creative and I got lost in my imagination more than some of the other kids in my class, nowadays sadly some young kids don't use their imaginations as much just with the phones and tablets doing it for them 😅 could do with lots of creative play instead but that's just my opinion 😅🥰

[@eleanorcooke7136]

That little boy had a Sporticus outfit (from Lazy Town).

[@janedoe9421]

"I love him to bits, but sometimes I hate him" Every parent at some point!

[@ariannamanigault403]

Definitely

[@graciemoo1631]

Yep

[@preflux4146]

All I have to say about this comment is : perfecto.

[@marsha4253]

And thats why i don't wanna get kids😂

[@lexalina132]

Awww 🥺 little George and his goal to help his sister's brain. Such a sweetie!

[@louisebromley5467]

Jo, you and your skills are so desperately needed in this country. Your add campaign says it all. I wish you all the strength and health to keep doing what you are doing. You are an angel of mercy. X

[@eleanorcooke7136]

I'm so happy! That superhero kid was such an inspiration, so young with such an incredible attitude.

[@whoohooles123]

I think one of the biggest mistakes parents make is when they tell their child what they want them to do, and they add: OKAY ? That really shows no conviction on the parents part. It's almost like they're asking their child permission to punish them. Parents can be firm but kind to get their point across and show that they are the adults ! ! !

[@samtaylor2404]

in my opinion, that ‘Okay?’ is more of a ‘Do you understand?’. But I completely agree that using more clear language for kids is super important; and I’ve never considered that perspective until now

[@GinoNL]

Or finishing the sentence with “please”.

[@ithacacomments4811]

I am a former nanny. Parents were always so surprised as to why children would listen to me and not to them.

[@71JediKnight]

Nannies are more emotionally detached from the child.

[@Giveme100ksubs]

First time seeing a real nanny commenting on a youtube video :) u earned a like

[@joey6451]

underrated comment

[@123blacksheep]

That little super hero is such a sweetheart hes so cute, our neighbors kid had the same problem, he was aloud to dress up all the time and he did better at school wearing costumes because he felt confident and in his own skin he wasn’t. But we don’t have uniforms in my country to go to school in.

[@doyouhearthepeoplesing2]

*allowed

[@BowzerJunior14]

Yeah. He in Canada and down in the United States they don’t have school uniforms.

[@librabearxox7470]

Why are they talking about their children's problems INFRONT OF THIER CHILDREN

[@lynnelipovsek5349]

I totally agree ! You would think they could talk in private 🤔

[@kalyani4824]

Why would they present it in T.V🤔

[@graciemoo1631]

I agree

[@marsha4253]

Good question

[@brightpurpleviking]

The superhero boy...I would take him to see a REAL superhero...a neurologist. I would show him how he had to do super well at school so he could be a neurologist and get to wear a real superhero outfit...scrubs...and how, if he does well in school then he can actually grow up and cure his sister AND be a superhero!

[@karleymumford1745]

Awesome compromise and great way to show that no super man isn't a thing but saving a life and being a reason to help people live is a real thing. I loooove it! I also don't think he has a problem as someone that role played super heavy as a kid and honestly would have been better off if people accepted me then.

[@GinoNL]

I don’t think it can be fixed.

[@brightpurpleviking]

Joe Felony ahh you never know where medical technology will be twenty five years from now. Maybe he will be the one to solve it!

[@reginageorge5409]

Pregnant with my first child, this is my homework 🤣

[@pixiecrystal8455]

Me too hahah

[@christymcdougall6135]

Good luck both of you!

[@stacyg585]

That's very wise. Keep learning. When I was pregnant 3 years ago, a lot of my prep centered around the birth (I had a home birth), and I didn't spend enough just studying parenting. So after she was born, I had to essentially cram, and I watched this show a lot. It's helped so much to prevent terrible behavior. So it's great that you are watching this now. Keep learning, reading books, talking to other parents. There is absolutely value in preparation.

[@LifeAsSarahm]

Congratulations 🎉

[@paramita_kalita9220]

Congratulations . Be safe ❤️

[@charlotteball7167]

Little girl: I have a fear of people wearing masks Coronavirus and Halloween:.....um.....

[@marleneflanagan7137]

my grandmother told us if we ever hit our parents that when we died our hand would stick out the grave. That was enough for us!

[@SolvingYourProblemRightNow]

You don't hate your boy mom... Just the attitude towards you. The fact he can get away with it is the driving force to continue the battering

[@GinoNL]

In the end it all comes down to power difference in parent-kid relationship. To the upcoming parents out there; tough love is what results into happy human beings. Not just them; yourself aswell.

[@Anna-rh8nz]

Children need limits to feel safe, to trust the world. If they dont have limits the world is not a safe place for them any more. Like a bridge. Without corridors they can fall down into the river.

[@karleymumford1745]

The little boy in the super hero costumes isn't a problem. My family medicated me and treated me so different cause I would role play Disney characters (specifically the Lion King) I ended up on so many unhealthy medications and doctors would give me things they wouldn't even give a 40 year old man (I was 9 year old little girl) I think that whole experience in my life has led me to deal with so much more mental illness and depression than I could have been left with if they never medicated me.

[@GinoNL]

It is a problem obviously. You might disagree with the way this is fixed(like in your case), but the fact that this behavior is a problem is undeniable.

[@undeadbunny8307]

Please just let him wear his hero suits.. It's the sweetest thing ever.

[@GinoNL]

What’s good for him is what’s priority.

[@alychan2320]

Mom: "3+3?" George: "That's.. EASY" Mom: "What" George: 4 💀

[@lynnwilliams8295]

Wow was this a different episode! That little super hero. Most episode’s are spoiled kids and “bad” parenting. This kid wants to save his baby sister! He’s amazing, but they can’t let it hold him back. It really hit home because a friend of mines daughter has Rett’s syndrome. She is 15. She’s on tube feeding, can’t speak or walk. Their life expectancies are very low. It’s a horrible disease because they seem normal up until about 18 months. Her daughter was crawling, walking, talking and eating. Then little by little she lost it all.

[@alexusturner2039]

I absolutely love Jo Frost

[@sableindian]

Just want to say to all my 7 kids, Thank you and I love you for helping me get through your childhood. We had a great time growing up as a family in Chicago and Los Angeles Thank you 😊

[@anubis6172]

Not all superheros wear capes🥰

[@itskaybe6348]

Ok I'm usually on board with Jo but telling the parents whose daughter was pulling her eyelashes out to just ignore it? Um no, that little girl needs therapy, sounds like she has some issues with anxiety. Trichotillomania doesn't just disappear because the parents think it's an obstinate behavior.

[@itskaybe6348]

@ChyvsDreads I'm sorry you are still struggling with Trich. And while therapy alone probably isn't the answer I do not think that therapy wouldn't be helpful. I fully believe that everyone should go to therapy throughout their life to help them through difficult times. Even if that therapy was to help the kids deal with all the other changes going on after Jo gives her insight, she is stepping in and changing how their entire family system has been working.

[@lienbijs1205]

If my child would behave like this I swear that he won't be able to sit for days and that I will show him all the corners of the house.

[@marclabrie6027]

I agree

[@rheadsparks659]

HI Jo! You are B R I L L I A N T !!! I understand what you are helping these parents do, is taking back their Authority from their children, because the parents are paying the bills, keeping a roof over their children's head, food on the table, clothes on their backs, "Love", "The parents should be in control not the child, but some parents have given their control to their children and made their houses chaos and spoiled their blessings into little monsters, the parents are to busy in not wanting to say no and putting their foot down, as if the parents want to be their children's friend, some are even ready to throw in the towel when it comes to parenting, Jo is trying to help these parents to do what they need to do and stop feeling sorry for themselves, and set up some guidelines and stop the manipulations, and when to discipline and when to ignore some of what their children are doing, parents "Enough is Enough" parents need to spend more quality time with each child, and talk and not screaming and yelling, then they will see their children lose the attitude and have that loving home that is desperately wanted!!!😊 happy parenting❤❤❤

[@amputeewontstopme9218]

Keep calm parents and carry on !!

[@eggplantunleashed4740]

It's a shame that most Parents need to be "Trained", not to be too soft towards their Children.

[@queenielouweekly3160]

I wanna help that boy do well in school so he can become a neurosurgeon and help his sister.

[@pamsworld9442]

I would find it very difficult not to smack a kid like that! Thank God my 2 sons were never like that!

[@Kriistall7]

Thats..scary. Thank goodness for your sons sake they didnt get anger taken out on them

[@larasmith3743]

PAM'S WORLD And last time get your kids go to bed babe thank you Brad Jack

[@pamsworld9442]

@@Kriistall7 Well I always talked to my boys like they were young adults, not children. I began when they were about 2 and I explained what I expected from them and what the rules of the house were, so I never even had to raise my voice, and they were very mature, and they have both grown into wonderful men and fathers. They are raising my grandchildren the same way, and they are all very well behaved!

[@Tommygunns1986]

@@Kriistall7 your a child yourself, so don't insert yourself in adult matters.

[@Tommygunns1986]

There are no easy answers to parenting. Some children respond to a firm hand some require an articulate voice. To assume that you know everything about child rearing is very immature. Do I know what this child needs, no. But to rule out something because you believe it is bad without contemplating the context of the situation let's me know you are very immature and veiw the world as black and white.

[@itsreeah2663]

Can we just appreciate that even for a pandemic she is still helping families? What an inspiring woman💞💕

[@gracierenteria6931]

This video is a few yrs old. I saw it back in 2017

[@virg0_lem0nade]

@FlakeyFilms 😂 she was talking about masks like costume masks, she even specified that she was talking about costumed characters.... this show was filmed literally 10 years ago, in 2010.

[@melgrant7404]

The fact that she isn't a mum fascinates me

[@GinoNL]

The level of stupidity here is... not inspiring.

[@GinoNL]

mel grant do you know why she isn’t? I’m curious.

[@graciemoo1631]

Does anyone have an update on these kids?

[@lynnwilliams8295]

Gracie Moo I would love that

[@elliotcrow5346]

He's so young. Just wants love, and reassurance. Pretty crazy people think 6 is old enough to just go to sleep by ones self. What a horrible cycle. Glad things are getting better, but we don't get those days back. Wonder if they will regret looking back, not comforting him to sleep. All kids develop differently! Why rush childhood? It's such a short period of time, a critical one. Be kind

[@Leo_HuangAB]

I remember sitting at the dinner table would be something I dread sometimes, because the dinner table was also like going to court or getting interrogated and I can't get away because the consequences of acting up would get me in even bigger trouble

[@linvans183]

I have listened and watched quite a few of Real Families stories. My goodness these children go to far with their bad behavior and they certainly would not like me to help their parents.

[@commar6088]

For everyone who says they should’ve hit him, we have a very similar case in our family and it became really bad that his parents started using corporal punishment, harshly even.. but it didn’t improve anything.. it only gotten worse because : he realized he got taste of the worst of it, that corporal punishments are ok, and the root of the problem still didn’t get fixed .. so NO.. BEATING do NOT solve anything talking and strict parenting cannot do ( yes you will see a quicker improvement, but quick doesn’t mean sustainable not lasting nor correct )

[@Anita_Lauren]

You don't see this lady at hispanic households for a reason 😂

[@WinxAliNelCielo]

A lot of Supernanny US episodes have Latino families. The show was also aired in Latin America and Spain, alongside local productions, with Spanish dubs and subs.

[@susanjones7594]

Go Jo 👏👏👏

[@Coansp]

28:54 hello! Hello! Hi hi Hello! Hello hi hello hello

[@sparklebear1194]

Lolz it’s like they bffs 🦄🦄🦄

[@davidwamiti6797]

First we need to get children to respect parents.

[@GinoNL]

Yeah, such a problem nowadays. You’d think people are becoming better parents, with all the (easily accessible) knowledge we have today. People are wimps and have to be much more strict.

[@marclabrie6027]

@@GinoNL totally agree with you

[@EmmahGee]

Just about to have our first kid and came across this channel definitely going to be hooked hear for a long time coz I don't want my kid to go wild. Hope to document my journey too on my channel I love Jo's techniques already

[@GypsyRoseBlanchardisaliar]

Just don’t raise your kid to be spoiled

[@Kriistall7]

All you have to do is be kind, treat them like a human not like they're lesser than you because they're small and less regulated, and don't hit them

[@EmmahGee]

@@GypsyRoseBlanchardisaliar yea I hope they won't overwhelm me to the point of giving up on them 😂😂😂😂

[@EmmahGee]

@@Kriistall7 thanks so much this is a good plan

[@robertamcmunn3642]

What on earth is wrong with these parents, WHAT.

[@GinoNL]

Yeah, I’m wondering the same since episode 1. Un-believable.

[@marclabrie6027]

Afraid to discipline

[@robertamcmunn3642]

@@marclabrie6027 Tragic, how else will the children learn. The real world will eat them alive.

[@marclabrie6027]

@@robertamcmunn3642 i agree with you on that and children do need discipline

[@patomaneiro5275]

I hate kids who scream

[@BowzerJunior14]

I think every child has screamed at least once.

[@GinoNL]

Rachel Ryan yeah, your point?

[@AdamLB]

So you hate yourself?

[@jessmar71]

I love these ! It just goes to show that kids just need to get talked to firmly to understand! No hitting no hurting just expectations & consequences! Ilove joi feel like all her advice is going to help me sm in the long run when i do have my own children! 💕

[@cybremystica93]

Supernanny is probably the most effective birth control 😅

[@TASIAawful1]

This kid is probably grown man now as these are old episodes he’s probably so embarrassed

[@englishman9020]

That poor little girl hope she is ok

[@antoniusgehtdinixo1545]

Die Eltern sind alle selber Schuld, ich habe kein Mitleid, Kinder Brauchen Konsequenz und Disziplin, wenn nicht kommt soetwas heraus..verstehe ich nicht....🙄😒😴🧠🧠🧠🧠🧠

[@SolvingYourProblemRightNow]

I don't think Woody classifies as an actual genuine super hero.

[@WinxAliNelCielo]

@@SolvingYourProblemRightNow he’s the hero in his films so close enough

[@subsNovids-nx5vj]

That’s not good

[@phylishalovezalex]

Glad none of my kids have had behavioral problems

[@mindind6829]

God bless you,me have3 kids resemble this, their father left us for other woman.i'm hurt both body and mind. thanks from India.

[@sofiamattson9327]

Goodness gracious you people in the comments are so harsh and pretty rude from what I’m reading... people all parent differently and they have the right to do so because it’s their child, now if they can’t make boundaries from who’s in charge and who’s the kid than that’s really their fault and they are doing it to themselves because they know they can put the foot down but most of these people it very obviously seems like they just don’t want to put up with the child crying/being sad for not getting what the child wants. They need to get over it and realize at the young age they aren’t able to be at the friend stage yet it’s still a parent child relationship age not a parent best friend & child best friend relation just yet otherwise if they see as a friend under the age of 14 the child will walk all over them

[@siebenstein5637]

Kinder sind nicht doof , was ist wenn Sie einem was vorspielen und nachdem Alle gegangen sind fängt der gleiche Horror wieder an !?

[@GypsyRoseBlanchardisaliar]

I didn’t get to spend a lot of time with my dad because he works and runs a business. You can’t blame parents for freaking working

[@Kirsten_is_cursed10]

Kids need to be provided for more than just financially, but also socially and emotionally. If you don’t have time to do that outside your work, then you have to make the decision to trade it off or don’t have kids.

[@kria9119]

@@Kirsten_is_cursed10 My parents wokred long hours, my dad especially. I never ever felt not taken care of emotionally or socially, even though he mostly spent time with us during weekends. It's not about the quantity but quality

[@minecraftplayer3692]

is this a reuploaded or the suprise

[@jessicarenae5107]

*If yippy child odds obsessed over something to the point that is affecting his school and everyday life, you can't continually allow him to keep his mind occupied in whatever it is that he's obsessed over!! Kids get upset but they'll get over it!! It's best to try to do something else with him to get his mind off of it!!*

[@Holly888Gan]

sport can help too

[@lilia3944]

It does depend on the kid tho, if you'd tried to get me out of any of my obsessions I would've been upset, yes, but it probably wouldn't have worked wither way. I feel like the superhero obsession was a kind of coping mechanism for this kid, so when you try to get him out of his obsession you'd have to offer alternatives and help him to cope with his sisters illness and everything in a different way.

[@WinxAliNelCielo]

That’s why she got the routine in place so his parents could spend time evenly so George wouldn’t be left all day

[@KrissyRoseAnimallover]

I actually use jos bedtime technique and timeout technique when I babysit. I’ve been babysitting since I was 14 and been watching since I was 12 I was a good child very rarely were Naughty

[@floraralte-thawnthuhuang]

At the beginning I'd always wonder how kids would be tackled... And, as usual Jo knows... again... 👍👍👍

[@tinadavies7537]

Wow nice

[@unique-jq5lj]

If my mother was in that situation in the first one and I was the child she would’ve beaten me up and not talk to me for some time lol but after wards she would be back to normal whhahhaa

[@SolvingYourProblemRightNow]

What about COVID-19 facial masks? Might re- trigger an old hidden phobia?

[@angelinabardelli5165]

08:54 Sasha Bennington & family

[@chronicflowers5129]

People in The UK eat dinner while watching television?

[@rubys715]

Yes why wouldnt you

[@chronicflowers5129]

Idk, not many people really do it where I’m from

[@davidwamiti6797]

It's normal here😀

[@rosieirwin9460]

Its really common, but I wouldn't allow it with my future children

[@chronicflowers5129]

Rosie Irwin yeah, kind of a cultural shock

[@Qee7en]

The more Jo Frost the merrier...

[@deannagruber5490]

Wow that is so awful.

[@moraglindsay4537]

Who’s watching this on 09/09/20 anyone ?

[@ianagabdivine6448]

Morag Lindsay 9/12/2020

[@bryttafitzgibbons6901]

9/21/20

[@AdamLB]

10/1/21

[@lynnelipovsek5349]

Probably abuse of some kind and sheer anger and fear behind these outbursts 🤔

[@patricemarie2960]

My God ... Ms Frost, ..... Good parents are not easy to find ..... today! .... Most are too preoccupied with their own "other" , very busy, lives & personal problems! ....... Imagine, some parents have better relationships, with their too many .... house pets!

[@josecollazo2497]

I feel bad for the mom’s and dad’s

[@nevaehjohnson2549]

Who else used to watch this on TV everyday? #JOFROSTGANG

[@bryttafitzgibbons6901]

I watched it

[@girlygirl9766]

Wow I'm glad I never had kids lol

[@markjfg60]

Lol

[@jessgrn]

I see fear and helplessness in his cry. Nothing elsr

[@melgrant7404]

I know this isn't the pc thing to say but a good clip round the ear is needed. Parents are too soft Que the backlash!

[@fredahouston2395]

I totally agree with you mel grant. Did my two lads no harm . That or Wait til your Dad gets home worked wonders.

[@melgrant7404]

@@fredahouston2395 thanks freda!

[@melgrant7404]

@@fredahouston2395 thanks freda Kids could end up dictating your life!

[@mollyhorse]

@Halima Umar Isa YES IT IS!!! These kids are desperate for a bloody good smack

[@marclabrie6027]

@@fredahouston2395 totally agree with you on that

[@lauranyc4966]

I’m so happy I never had kids 🤦🏻‍♀️🙄

[@purpleprincess5751]

They are not that bad. How would you feel if someone said that they wish they never had you because you made one temper tantrum? The good of kids outweigh the bad. But I am glad you didnt have kids, you would be a horrible mother.

[@killingeveedits8228]

purple princess true, but I don’t wanna get in a debate 😂 but I agree with u

[@nataliavasilieva7860]

@@purpleprincess5751 Hey! Why would you take it so personal? Why do you attack the lady? lol

[@altarush]

What happens to the belt?

[@nataliavasilieva7860]

Hehe the belt was the thing called education back in the days😅

[@AdamLB]

People realised that corporal punishment is not discipline, it's abuse.

[@beverleyjouannet5102]

That’s because we have lost control and most kids a spoiled brats.......

[@jackkoshel4915]

Is this england?

[@kria9119]

UK, yes

[@ingunnernaorsteinsdottir6711]

YOU HERE IN THE COMMENTS BEVERLEY JOUANNET YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO SAY THE CHILDREN ARE SPOILED BRATS AND CHILDREN ARE NOT SPOILED BRATS AND I LOVE CHILDREN SO MUCH AND WHAT I HATE IS VIOLENCE AND ABUSE TO CHILDREN AND DO NOT HARM CHILDREN NEVER

[@mollyhorse]

They are..SPOILT BRATS!!!!..and you are insane

[@holliss5]

you are bigger than him show him whose the boss give him a good smack it didnt do mine any harm

[@shawncapps1173]

when I saw Jack battle against his mother Nikkie I pulled my Federation Starfleet Hand Phaser out then I activate the power then I set to stun then fire my Federation Starfleet Hand Phaser at Jack the phaser beam hits his back down million damage stunned after this he will stop attacking his mother. so he did. Nikkie didn't stop his son Jack I did. I said. Ms. Nikkie I have stunned your son Jack with my Federation Starfleet Hand Phaser extremely well I see you didn't stop your son I did. after this he will stop attacking you. Nikkie: thank you Captain Capps for stopping my son Jack. Me: no problem Ms. remember to be in our future 25th century 2400s it's alright. if they go too far it's not alright. Nikkie: you said it Captain. Me: of course.

[@glorialeon668]

🙏💔💔😘😘😘😘😘

[@Rollwithit699]

A

[@ОляМеньших]

Кошмар неужели дети демоны и странно откуда такие злые дети и как взрослые поведение ужасно и в доме все есть игрушки развитие есть и все равно не понимают дети

[@joshlock4627]

LOS - Lack of Smack !!!!!!

[@Coreenwalters1]

TRAIN UP A CHILD

[@jackkoshel4915]

I knew it supernanny because people in england drive on the left side of the road.

[@zubaidasmith4551]

Well, I couldn't watch this because I figured just by looking at the environment and the foods they eat, high processed foods, that once they get a handle on this major factor things should be more consistent for the parents. I know this because I have been there and done that.