The Bailey Family (Season 1)

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The Bailey Family is the sixth episode of Season 1 of the American Supernanny show.

Episode summary

Jo visits the Bailey family in Palmdale, California. Bill is a police officer, and Stacie, is a teacher.

The couple works opposite schedules and they are struggling with their two young children: 6-year old daughter Jadyn and 2-year old son Billy.

Jadyn is 6 going on 16 as she talks back to her mom. Billy can laugh at his parents when they discipline him and like any other kid his age he constantly throws temper tantrums. Meanwhile, both Stacie and Bill are put off by Jo's frank ways. Both parents are especially angered by Jo's words during the Parents Meeting, and now, Bill is ready to kick Jo out of the house, whilst writing notes that she's "full of s***."

Can Jo help the Baileys find balance and restore discipline to their hectic household?

Episode recap

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Observation

After watching the Submission Reel and meeting the Baileys, Jo observes the family. Billy plays with blocks but quickly gets bored. When he asks Stacie to take them away, she refuses to do so, causing Billy to start throwing them. Billy's throwing escalates into a tantrum, and Stacie tries to give him a timeout in his bedroom.

At 1:30 p.m., Stacie and Bill put the kids down for a nap, and Jo notices a makeshift bed in the hallway. Stacie reveals that it's Jadyn's extra bed. Billy gets out of his bed several times, while Jadyn resists until Stacie allows her to sleep in her extra bed. While the kids nap for three hours, Stacie works on her laptop downstairs. Jo is stunned that the kids take three-hour naps and are expected to be ready for bed at 7:30 p.m. Bill, who cooks dinner, admits that he'd rather do the housework than deal with the kids. Jo applauds his honesty.

Jadyn and Billy help themselves to snacks just before dinner, but Stacie catches her son and demands that he spit out the snack he already put in his mouth, resulting in another tantrum and trying to get into the pantry. To Jo's shock, Bill and Stacie put Billy in a high chair like a baby, and Jo goes on to explain that Billy should be in a toddler chair instead of a high chair.

Right before bedtime, Jadyn jumps on Billy's bed. Stacie sends Jadyn to her bedroom, where Jadyn sulks. Billy keeps getting out of his bed. Jadyn comes out of bed at 9:33 p.m. Stacie ends up putting her to bed in the hallway.

Parents Meeting

At the Parents Meeting, Jo states that while she does see a routine in the house, she notes how it is very inconsistent, and how there's no discipline for the kids. She also notes how 3 hour naps shouldn't be happening, and that Jayden shouldn't be having them at her age. As the meeting progresses, Stacie, and primarily Bill begin to fall under the impression that they're being "attacked." When Jo brings up how unacceptable the behaviour is, Bill impromptly interrupts her, and sternly tells his frustrations to Jo. They didn't come to Supernanny to be criticised for their issues: they came to find solutions to them. He notes how Jo's personality has become out-of-character, with how she first presented herself to him and Stacie. To them, the once, kind and respectful demeanor Jo displayed towards them, has now been replaced with a more aggressive and confrontive one. He says that he wants Jo to talk respectfully, and ends with saying: "People don't come into my house and talk to me the way you just did." In a talking head, he says that he was just about to throw Jo and the crew out of the house, while Stacie also states that she felt very offended by Jo's words.

Jo tells Bill that she isn't one to mince words. She will point out what she sees is wrong, so they can all work on solving these problems. When she asks if everyone is ready to get to work, Stacie shrugs, stares away from Jo and says, "We'll see," while sipping a cup of water.

Teaching

The next day, Jo fortunately manages to return, and both Bill and Stacie appear to have gotten over what occured in the meeting. Jo returns with a routine, which includes just a 90-minute nap for Billy. She also introduces the Naughty Step for Billy and the Naughty Room for Jadyn. They all play a board game together. When Billy deliberately pushes the piece over after a warning, he is sent to the Naughty Step by Jo. Billy remains seated for his two minutes with no fuss. Bill and Stacy report their surprise that Jo's methods actually worked.

While Stacie attempts to put Billy to bed, Jadyn plays with bats and balls. When Stacie tells her not to, she ignores her and walks off. Stacie gives Jadyn a warning, but Jadyn slams the door in her mother's face. Jo instructs Stacie to talk to Jadyn. She needs to know it is rude and unacceptable behavior to do that to her mother. When Stacie asks Jadyn if she understands that she is being rude, Jadyn ignores her. Stacie follows through with the discipline and no argument.

The next day when dinner comes around Jo has the Idea to get rid of Billy's High Chair and put him in a big boy chair. Bill is worried about Billy acting out. However Billy proves his family wrong.

At bedtime, Jo tells Jadyn that she will from now on sleep in her bedroom. Jadyn gives her mom a hug as she becomes very upset when Bill and Jo dismantle the extra bed. Stacie does her best to reassure her. After Stacie reads Jadyn a book, Jadyn falls asleep in her real bed as if nothing happened.

Family Test Run

Jadyn and Billy are fighting over a toy snake. When Stacie breaks it up and tells Billy he can have it, Jadyn becomes jealous. She grabs her toy piano and throws it across the floor, almost hitting Billy. With no warning, Stacie takes her to the Naughty Room. When Jadyn is done with the timeout, she still feels pretty upset about the whole thing. However she remains silent and sits on the couch with her arms crossed. When Stacie sees her, she warns her. Jadyn tells her mom that she wants a hug. Stacie refuses and sends her back to the Naughty Room.

Before dinnertime, Stacie asks Billy to put his toys away. Billy refuses and Stacie puts him on the Naughty Step. Unfortunately, Stacie was unable to handle the Naughty Step Technique for Billy alone as he keeps escaping. Stacie doesn’t explain to Billy why he’s on the step so now he thinks it’s a game. Bill comes to help. Every time Billy gets up from the step, Stacie and Bill tell him to come back on the step. Billy then goes behind Stacie with Bill then finally having enough, comes in and smacks him, saying "I said no, now sit down. You stay there", undermining the technique.

Parent Evaluation

The following day, Jo showed the parents the first clip, which is Jadyn playing video games with her parents, in, the Naughty Room. Despite this, Stacie and Bill are planning to put the TV somewhere else, so that Jadyn won't get mixed messages, when she's sent there for timeout.

Then Jo shows the scene where Jadyn was sitting on the couch feeling upset and her mom sending her to the Naughty Room. She points out that Jadyn wasn't doing anything that would warrant her going to the Naughty Room. Kids have the right to feel whatever they want to feel but they shouldn't be punished because of it. When Jadyn is just sulking because she's upset from the previous timeout, she has right to feel what she wants to feel. Jo suggests to the parents, especially Stacy that when this happens, they should ignore the sulking and encourage Jadyn to do something else such as helping in the kitchen or playing a game. Discipline is one thing, but when timeout is over when Jadyn is allowed to leave the Naughty Room and Billy is allowed to go off of the step, that is when parents can change their tone of voice to an everyday voice.

Lastly, Jo shows how the Naughty Step was executed wrong. She states that the reason Billy keeps leaving compared to his discipline in the Teaching, is that he believes the step is a game; she also notes that Stacie didn't come down to his level and explained why he was placed there. Now, Billy is deliberately testing his parents and laughing at them. When Bill is shown smacking Billy, Jo says that she doesn't want Billy to think that it will take a smack in order for him to sit down, because she knows that Bill and Stacie are capable of placing him there without one. At first it will take them about an hour. Then it will get less and less because consistency is the key.

Reinforcement

After the DVD meeting, Jadyn and Billy are running around the house having fun, but when Stacie tells Jadyn and Billy, "Not in the front room please", they listen. They understand that when they protest against it, they go to timeout. Stacy says she has hope that Jadyn's attitude will be under control with the Naughty Room because she hates going there. Bill then takes the television out of the Naughty Room, as promised in the evaluation. During dinner, Billy flips his plate upside down. Bill comes down to Billy's level, and warns that if he does it again, he'll get placed on the step. Billy understands, and eats his dinner safely.

Then, Jo and the Baileys had a fun time. Bill admitted that after the Family Meeting he had wrote notes about Jo, that stated she was "full of s***" which he showed to Stacie. Now that Jo's completed her time with his family, Bill has come to the realization that in reality, he was the one in the wrong rather than Jo. He then apologizes for his mistakes, and admits that he's the one full of s***.

Jo now leaves the Bailey Family for good. During the credits, Billy is shown putting his fingers (which had food on them), on the camera, resulting in the cameraguy needing to clean it off.

Pop Culture

When Jadyn and Billy fight on the train table, Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway trains of Thomas, Percy and Duncan are seen on the table.
The Rolie Polie Olie book, "Big Time Olie" is seen on a shelf in the hallway a couple of times.
There is also a Rolie Polie Olie teapot toy.
Jo, Billy, Jadyn and Stacie are playing Candy Land, in the scene where Billy is first sent to timeout.
During the Observation when Jadyn was jumping on the bed, Billy can be seen playing with the Busy Ball Popper by Playskool.
A Hello Kitty backpack can be seen in Jadyn's room during the teaching.
Jadyn has a Disney Princess lamp in her room.
During the teaching when it was bedtime, the book, "Lily's Purple Plastic Purse," can be seen in Jadyn's room.
When Stacey is telling Jadyn it’s not time to play, what looks to be a Shrek plush can be seen next to Billy’s drawers.
Jadyn wears a Winnie the Pooh nightgown when Stacy tells her to stop giving her dirty looks.
When Stacy tells Billy to pick up the toys, one is what looks to be a Spider-Man toy.
Stacy mentions Jadyn being like Jekyll & Hyde in one of the interview scenes.

Trivia

This is one of the closest times Jo has come to failing a family, due to Bill and Stacie's consideration of banning Jo from the house. Other times this happened include, The McKeever Family due to Hunter & River's sexism towards Jo and Lucy, The Benton Family due to the results of the test run, and The Jones-Nickolich Family, because of Todd banning Jo from the family's house for two days.
- If Bill and Stacie denied Jo entering the house, it would've been the first US episode, where Jo failed.
- The only U.S family that Jo failed to help, was The Bowersock Family.
  - However, this was after Jo left the family; the only family Jo failed to help at all was The Hillhouse-Docherty Family.
Despite Billy getting the Naughty Step and Jadyn getting the Naughty Room due to being older than Billy, older children would be taken to the Naughty Step in later episodes.
Despite noting, and criticizing Billy using a high-chair, Jo was not shown bringing it up in the parents meeting.
Due to Bill and Stacie being against Jo, this episode is not well liked by fans. Bill primarily was criticized by fans, for the notes he wrote about Jo, and him being the one to consider banning Jo from the house.
- This and The Christiansen Family are considered the worst episodes of Season 1.
- Despite Bill and Stacey being mad at Jo, they never kicked her out, unlike The Jones-Nickolich Family.
A re-used clip was used in this episode that was originally from The Orm Family when Jo says "Let's take a look and see who we've got here!" When she looks at the family who needed her help.
While he did escape during the test run, Billy is one of the few children that stayed in timeout without walking away or yelling, as he did not attempt to do so during the teaching.
- The others are Blake from The Ririe Family, Brandon and Zak from The Bixley Family, Leo from The Wilson-Knutson Family, Naomi from The Mann Family, Teddy Jr., Milo, and Giada (the triplets) from The DeMott Family, and Sean from The Evans Family.
A possible reasoning for Bill and Stacie's anger towards Jo in the Parents Meeting, may have stemmed from potential misinterpretation; it is very evident from Bill's rant, that he and Stacie were fully expecting it to be where Jo tells them how to fix the issues, and were very much taken aback from Jo's stern criticisms. They were seemingly unaware of the following processes, including the Teaching, and as stated earlier, believed that the meeting would be where Jo tells them the solutions to the problems they have.

Gallery

Family Members

Person	Age	Relation to Family
William "Bill" Bailey	36 (born November 24, 1967)	Father
Stacie Bailey	28 (born August 6, 1976)	Mother
Jadyn	6 (born June 16, 1998)	Daughter
Billy	2 (born July 23, 2002)	Son

The child was disciplined via one of Jo Frost's techniques.

In the News

Teachers in L.A., across California file complaints against virtual academy - San Gabriel Valley Tribune, 6/18/2015.

Links

Behind the Scenes

This was filmed in August 2004.

Event Post-Episode

Bill and Stacie became real estate agents in Bradenton, Florida, leading to the family moving there.
Jadyn got married to a man named Austin Konitzer.
Jadyn gave birth to two daughters (They are not twins) named Blair on March 16, 2021 and AJ on July 28, 2022.

Season 1
The Jeans Family • The Bullard Family • The Orm Family • The Wischmeyer Family • The Weston Family • The Bailey Family • The Gorbea Family • The Ririe Family • The Collins Family • The Burnett Family • The Christiansen Family • Family Update Special