The Manley Family

Episode summary
Jo Frost visits John and Sara Manley in Southern California. John (46) and Sara (45) have been separated for over six months. They have two children: 7-year-old Max and 4 1/2-year-old Claire.

Max is very disrespectful and has anger issues. He calls terrible names, throwing tantrums, bites, hits and also back-talks. Claire has also started to copy Max's bad behavior, she is way worse than Max as she is aggressive, defiant, and would throw massive fits if she doesn’t get her way, she will go on and on until she gets what she wants.

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. Max and Claire are worried that their parents will get divorced, but the parents already are.

Grocery store outings turn into a disaster with the kids running off in different directions. The kids will also throw epic tantrums if they don’t get what they want. The tantrums become so intense, that many people are petrified by them. Max tells Jo that he keeps contemplating why his dad moved out and doesn't know why. Sara did not want to divorce, but John did.

Can Jo help John and Sara help the children to accept the divorce?

Family Members
John Manley, (46) (born 1962)

Sara Manley, (46) (born 1962)

Max, (7) (born July 2001)

Claire (4 1/2) (born November-December 2003)

Behind the scenes
This episode was filmed in May 2008.

Pop Culture
Claire can be seen wearing a Disney Princess swimsuit.

Jo puts a Tinkerbell poster on the wall as well as a poster with the Disney fairies on it.

Claire has a Cinderella Clock.

Claire has a Little Mermaid bed set.

A Shrek cereal bowl can be seen when Jo goes over the aisle game.

Trivia
Because of the fact of how Claire has Disney Princess-related stuff, Claire could possibly like the Disney Princess franchise.

Claire possibly loves ice cream, as she threw a tantrum over it in the supermarket and later said "I want ice cream" when Jo went over the aisle game.

This episode is criticised because of the fact of how John rarely spends time with his family, which is the reason why Max is very aggressive and why Claire rules the roost with ear-splitting tantrums.

Viewership
Supernanny was ranked 7 in the ratings with 5,401,000 views at the time of this episode's broadcast.