Super Nanny News

 

"Gormley-Brickley Family" -- Jo handles two sets of twins at once for the first time when she returns to the UK on a mission to save a family on the brink. The Gormley-Brickley household is in desperate need of help. Usually one set of twins spells trouble, but two sets, all under five years of age, is chaos. These children are treated like babies by parents who don't want them to grow up, but that's only half the problem. Mom is at the breaking point and seriously needs relief, but Dad is exhausted as

 

"Baulisch Family" - Dorothy and Kip Baulisch of Papillion, Nebraska, are deaf parents raising four hearing children. They rely too heavily on their eldest daughter, Melissa (18), who understands sign language, as a surrogate "hearing" parent, and it's put a huge strain on her relationship with them. She's giving up her youth to be a full-time interpreter in her own house. The three youngest daughters are nightmares - Jessica (8) and Jennifer (7) challenge their parents to the point where they simply give up trying to control them; the youngest daughter, Kristin (5), ignores

 

 
"Manley Family" - John and Sarah Manley have been separated for over six months. John has his own apartment but has tried not to disrupt his children's lives, so he has daily meals and spends every weekend in the family home, but overnights in his own apartment. The children, Max, 7, and Claire, 4, can't quite figure out what's going on, but they handle their worry and confusion by acting out with anger, backtalk, fighting and tantrums. A simple trip to the grocery store is so fraught with the kids' antics that Sarah

 

 
"Winter Family" - It's practically summertime in Georgia, but the Winter family is living in a perpetual storm. Mom and Dad moved the family from New York to Marietta where they thought it would be an easier life. The family has lived in their new home for just over two years, but they're still fish out of water here in the Deep South. Dad finds it hard to trust any of the kids, but especially his eldest daughter, Kristin, a teenager in an unfamiliar place. She is on the verge of turning

"Addis Family"-Still reeling from the sudden loss of their live-in grandfather, the entire Addis family is in turmoil. Granddad was actually the man of this family. Dad is now struggling to fill his father-in-law's shoes and claim his role as patriarch. With four out-of-control and disrespectful children at home all day long, Mom is juggling the demands of three jobs at once - mother, homemaker and home-school teacher to her four children. This family needs a "Supernanny" intervention, but Jo also has a surprise for the family that they'll never forget. "Supernanny" airs WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER