The Collins Family/Transcript

Submission Reel
Jo: Let's take and look and see who we've got here.

Jason: Hi, I'm Jason Collins.

Karen: Hi, I'm Karen Collins.

Jason: And we are here to talk about our four children...

Ben: Oh, I get it!

Jason: ...starting with Ben, he's the eldest.

Jason: He's 10. He encourages the little ones to do naughy stuff.

Karen: Ben, don't encourage him.

Ben: I love to be naughty. I know it ain't smart. It's stupid. I love to be stupid.

Karen: Lauren is probably the calmer one of the children, but she does have her moments.

Karen: Lauren, can you stop that please?

Jason: And Joshua. He's the middle one of the boys. He's 6. He wants to do a lot of fighting. And Joseph who is 4.

Karen: Joseph's the worst man of all. He's very aggressive.

Karen: Joe, no! Stop it!

Jo: This is their home that they're wrecking!

Karen: He just picks something up... throw it and smash it.

Karen: Pouring all my shampoos and things out.

Karen: Joseph!

Karen: They do spit at me.

Jo: Disgusting! Look at this spitting! They're like camels!

Jason: All the childrens' language is terrible.

Ben: ***********

Joshua: **********

Ben: *********

Jason: I think Karen is too soft on the children.

Karen: Ben, can you please stop swearing?

Karen: I always feel like they're against me.

Jo: Why are you putting up with this?

Karen: When I go out in public. It's just really humiliating and make me look like a failure, really.

Karen: Josh! Joshua, look! There's a car there!

Jo: Mum, you need to get control of your children.

Karen:The children behave a lot differently to me than they do to Jason. When he comes home from work, their behavior instantly changes. They're like different children.

Jason: Ben, now.

Karen: Because they know he will punish them.

Jason: You think you're funny ?

Ben: No.

Jason: Go and do your reading now.

Jason: If they're naughty, I'll shout at 'em.

Karen: But I think Jason's too hard I don't think he gives them enough love, really.

Jason: Send him up.

Karen: Alright I'm taking him.

Jason: We just don't agree on the way we discipline the children.

Observation
Ben: Shit

Karen: Can you please stop swearing get off

Ben: Everybodies Shit

Karen: Get down from there

Ben: (Spitting)

Jo: The behavior was absolutley apaulling

Jo: They were swearing the were spitting at one another and mum had no control

Joshua: Ben you can go Fuck the dogs arse

Ben: Make me

Joshua: ( Swings brick at Jo)

Karen: No Josh Stop it!

Karen: NO PUT IT DOWN

Karen: You better it down now

Jo: I new at this time he was testing me to see if i'd flinch

Karen: STOP IT

Jo: The behavior in the backyard was totally socially unacceptable

Jo They were like animals in a zoo Ive seen violence,swearing.

Joshua: F***

Karen: Josh you must not say that

Jo: They need to be put in their place

Morning
Joshua: No.

Karen: Right, well get-- get upstairs and get dressed then, up!

Karen: i said up lets get ready for school

Karen Joshua Come here

Karen Josh

Ben: Look what he just done.

Karen No biting can we go to school?

Karen Joshua Come here right now

Children home from school
Karen: No, Ben. Please don't pour it out on the floor! We can wipe that up can't you?

Ben: Don't make me whack you.

Karen: Ben! No, no, no! Come on, come on! Stop it! Ben, put it down!

Jo: Their behavior was just destructive. Karen: No, Ben! Don't do that! Stop it! Ben, pack it in! You're really gonna break something in a minute! Stop it! Stop it! Joshua Mom, you ,re crying

Jo talk to me

Karen i just can,t cope with them. they,re just...

Karen i know it,s hard to be strong...

Karen i,ve just had enough really.

Karen Ben please dont bang the window

Naughty Zone Technique
Jo: (interview) It didn't take long before I was showing Karen and Jason exactly how to use the naughty zone.

(Joseph smacks Lauren in the leg)

Lauren: Ow!

Jo: Karen, deal with that, please?

Karen: Joseph?

Jo: (interview) We were in the living room and Joseph hit his sister and when mom gave him a warning he swore at her and then spit right in her face.

Karen: Joe, listen.

Jo: Come down to your level.

Jo: Watch this. He spits in your face. You bring him in, and you say to him, [To Joseph] You do not spit...(Joseph giggles mischievously)... at anybody because that behavior is unacceptable. do you understand me? (Joseph giggles even more) Now you stay in this room.

Jo: (interview) Joseph was not given into the Naughty Zone.

Joseph: I've done a wee.

Jo: (interview) And then all of the sudden, he peed in the middle of the floor like a dog.

Karen: I want an apology, Joe.

Joseph: No.

Karen: I want an apology.

Joseph: No!

Jo: Alright if he doesn't get one let's go and if he can't say you're sorry for that behavior then he stays in here close the door and put him back in. Go get him.

Karen: back in the room now come on

Joseph (whining)

Joseph you asshole

Joseph: f*** (he flips Karen off)

Jo: just ignore it

[Karen shuts the door]

Jo: (interview) I can't believe this 4 year old was giving his mom the finger it's just disgusting

Jo: (interview) Whilst Joseph was in the Naughty zone, Ben swore at his mother and she placed Ben into another Naughty Zone

Karen: Ben you can come out when you stop swearing okay?

Karen: Ben in there now

Ben: No

Joseph: Let me go

Ben: Sorry.

Karen: no More Swearing okay

Joseph:  i'm Sorry.