The McKinney Family

Episode summary
See also: The McKinney Family/Transcript Jo arrives in Reno, Nevada to take on her toughest kid ever. Kaiden, who is 3 years old has gotten so physically aggressive, he was kicked out of two preschools and he is only 3 years old. He also swears and can be very destructive.

Meanwhile, 6 year old big sister, Kayla, doesn't get any attention from mom because of Kaiden and she’s fed up with it. In order to get mom’s time, she gets sulky, defiant and sometimes aggressive.

Can Jo convince this single mom to get on with the program and help her to get wild kid Kaiden under control? Or will Mom go down for the count?

Behind The Scenes
This was Filmed in November-December 2009.

Trivia

 * This is the second instance where a kid punches the camera. The first was The Cooke Family UK episode.
 * Kaiden since revealed that his Mother was Abusive.
 * Kayla can be seen wearing her pajamas that has Curious George on it.

Events Post-Episode

 * Ashley got married.
 * Ashley had a third child.
 * Ashley lost custody of Kayla and Kaiden after she abused them.
 * Ashley died in May 7, 2022 at age 38. Her cause of death was not reported.
 * Kayla went to foster care.
 * Kaiden now lives with his grandma.