The Hallenbeck Family/Transcript

Submission Reel
Jo: Well, i am in scorching hot Mesa, Arizona, on my way to a family who desperately need my help. Let's take a look.

Agreements over candy
Jo: Later on Jaydon asked for candy, and the adults were in an agreement whether he should have it or not!

Kristin: Okay, i told him no.

Pat: You told him no?

Kristin: Yeah.

Pat: Mom said no.

Jordon: I hate you, idiot!

Kristin: That’s not okay, go to your room.

Jordon: NO!

Kristin: Yes.

(Jordon scrunches up a piece of card.)

Kristin: Now you get another minute.

Jordon: I don’t care, you idiot!

Kristin: Now you get another minute.

Jordon: Shut up! I hate you!

Parent Meeting
Jo: Let's talk about yourself, Kristin, and your responsibility, and the fact that you're a parent to 2 young boys. What exactly are you doing?

Kristin: Nothing.

Jo: No. You walk around feeling like you don't have to lift the finger, or do anything, you pay no rents, and you're damn lucky the children are out on the street, having to do what 200,000 young mothers have to do everyday! Gratitude is something that you flush in the bathroom; your parents have chosen to give up the second half of their lives and put it on hold right now, to raise your 2 boys.

Kristin: Well I like spending time with them.

Jo: You are THEIR MOTHER! Your parents beside you are their grandparents. Quite frankly, it's disgusting! You're how old?

Kristin: 25.

Jo: 25? Seriously? 25 years old, and the mother of two young children, and yet you carry on like your 12 yourself. Lile, grow up and do what you're supposed do, because nobody else wants to tell you! Your parents are too scared to tell you the truth, in case you walk away, in case you blackmail them, that they won't get to see their kids!

Jordon’s discipline & bedtime
Jordon: Quiet *******.

Jordon: Because of bla bla bla?

Jordon: Jaydon! Say the ************ (motherfucker)!

Jaydon: I hate you ***** (fucker)!

Jo: This is what you're gonna say; "Tonight, you are going straight up to bed for encouraging your brother to name-call, when you know it was wrong".

Kristin: Now, you can go straight to your room, and put your pyjamas on, and now you have to go to bed because you were instigating your brother to call names when you know it was not allowed. Let's go.

Jo: He went MAD!

Kristin: "JORDON!"

Kristin: Do not come out of your room! You stay in your room! I am DONE!