The Colombo Family

Episode summary
Jo visits the Colombo family in Melbourne, Florida where Joe (41) & Danielle (30) have three children: 4-year-old Carlo, 3-year-old JJ and 1-year-old Julia.

With Joe working long hours as an attorney, Danielle is left all alone at home to take care of the kids. JJ is a strong willed active three year old with a three going on thirteen attitude, but he also can be very physical and aggressive.

Carlo is not as bad as JJ, but he can be a very picky eater and has a scream called the "screeh", which according to Danielle, will "take your breath away."

At first when Jo arrives, Danielle is filled with excitement to see her, but when it comes to an issue during JJ's nap, the two of them switch from happy mode to defensive mode.

Can Jo help out the Colombo family?

Observation
Jo enters the house and Danielle hugs Jo, and meets Carlo, JJ, & Julia. Joe is at work. Jo notices a blackboard with a list of rules. These rules were: According to Danielle, the rules have been up there forever, and if one of them gets broken, they get sent to the Naughty Room. JJ was screaming, and Danielle gave him a warning, but not a proper one. Instead, she talked to the back of his head. JJ screamed again, and he was then sent to the Naughty Room. Jo asked Danielle where she learnt this technique, and she said "your show". She has done the Naughty Room loads, but has never followed through. Jo said "This ain't my technique, I don't know who this is".
 * 1) No Hurting Others
 * 2) No Bad Words
 * 3) No Throwing Things
 * 4) No Headbutting
 * 5) Clean Up Mess
 * 6) No Screaming
 * 7) No Whining

Family members

 * Danielle Colombo, 30
 * Joe Colombo, 41
 * Carlo, 4 (Born January 18, 2006)
 * JJ, 3 (Born May 29, 2007)
 * Julia, 1 (Born June 10, 2009)

Behind The Scenes
This was filmed in July 2010.

Links

 * Carlo's Instagram
 * JJ's Instagram
 * Julia's Instagram (Private)