Super-Manny
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Written by derrick on November 8, 2008 – 5:09 pm
ABC has announced that Super-Manny, a “back-door pilot” for a male-fronted spinoff of the network’s Supernanny reality show, will air on Friday, November 14 at 9PM ET/PT. Super-Manny will feature Chicago-based child therapist Mike Ruggles as he attempts to fill the child-rearing expert role that British nanny Jo Frost currently fills on Supernanny. Super-Manny’s format will be similar to Supernanny’s, however Ruggles’ approach to dealing with unruly children differs a bit from Frost’s, according to ABC. While they both believe in structure, boundaries, consequences, consistency, time-outs and positive reinforcement, Ruggles doesn’t use an observation period. Instead, he kicks the parents out of the house and use role-playing techniques to determine some of the root causes of the family’s problems (the parents are still allowed to watch from a monitor).
Can’t wait to see this!