The Smith Family

The Smith Family is the sixth episode of Season 3 of the American Supernanny show.

Episode summary
Jo visits Hawaii for the first time to rescue the Smith Family. While parents Will (47) and Michelle (39) are intelligent marine biologists, they're completely clueless when it comes to raising their two sons: 3-year-old Nate and 2-year-old Ari.

Despite being 3 years old, Nate isn't even Potty Trained and Ari constantly screams and refuses to give up his Bottle.

The boys don't have bedrooms, so they sleep in the living room. For safety, the refrigerator, stove, cupboards and kitchen chairs are secured with bungee cords.

Instead of a soothing bedtime story, Will's bedtime routine with the boys is to go in the yard and go frog hunting.

The parents admit the kids run the house and have no idea what to do. Can Jo help this family out?

Family members

 * Will "William" Smith, 47
 * Michelle Smith, 39
 * Nate "Nathan", 3 (born July 21, 2003)
 * Ari, 2 (born March 7, 2004)

Trivia

 * This is the first episode in Hawaii.
 * All the submission reel and observation music is replaced with traditional, Hawaiian music, in order to fit the theme of the episode.
 * This episode is considered to be one of the best, if not the best Family in the show. As it’s shown Will and Michelle clearly love spending time with the boys. And it mostly focuses on Jo having them do the normal things parents need to do in order to take care of their children and help them grow and learn, rather than addressing out-of-control behavior of both children and parents.
 * And its ironic considering the fact that another family from Hawaii The Jones-Nickolich Family is hated by fans. Especially with Todd's abusive behaviour to his children and nearly getting away with spanking until he admitted to it.
 * The Smith Family are mostly considered to be one of the best families of the series and The Jones-Nickolich Family is considered to be one of the worst.
 * Jo uses walkie talkies in this episode to guide parents through technique, like Mike in the Supermanny episodes.
 * This episode and The McAfee Family are the only episodes where Jo rode in a car other than the London TXIII to a family's home. This is due to the fact that the London TXIII is only in the mainland USA.
 * This episode was filmed in August 2006.