Submission reel[]
Jo Frost: I’m in Hamlin New York because of the family who have a unique situation as I said I hope so let’s take a look
Tammy: Hi, We are the McGrath Family. I’m Tammy
Bill: I’m Bill
Tammy: We have three kids
Bill: Paige is 9
Tammy: Aiden is 5
Bill: Liam is 4
Tammy: Aiden come get a shot real quick and then we can play OK!
Bill: Aiden with diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes eight months ago
Tammy: These are little car plate It’s something no mother wants to hear
Tammy: I happen to have a father who died of diabetes at age 46 so It’s really all I ever feared as a mother’s s to have one of my children be diagnosed with diabetes
Tammy: Didn’t I do that one
Bill: No completely life altering we have to prick his finger four or five times per day to find out if his sugars high or low
Tammy: Your low! Let’s get something to eat
Bill: We calculate how many carbs he adjusted
Bill: How many carbs on a pizza
Tammy: 25 at the most
Bill: And then we figure out how much insulin to give him
Bill: He’s getting two units
Jo: Look at that little chappy very courageous
Bill: It’s just very scary cuz It’s like threatening
Tammy: I already checked your sugar we have to go eat
Tammy: Please let’s go eat! Do you want to get sick you need to eat your body needs to eat
Jo: He knows that his parents are worried about him needing to eat and now he’s helping food to ransom
Tammy: You do not hit see don’t throw toys
Tammy: Liam is instigator you don’t say I hate you I’m stupid sit
Bill: Liam knows how to push buttons in people
Tammy: Don’t hit me! Do not hit me! Stop!
Bill: Aiden is very sensitive
Bill: If you stand up
Bill: You tell him to do something he pretty much has a meltdown
Bill: Aiden gets very frustrated and very upset over the diabetes
Tammy: You better not spit on my floor
Jo I’ve never that are stuggling with the diabetes
Jo: That’s my excuse for not discplining their children
Bill: eliminating pretty much go toe to toe
Tammy: They do a lot of fighting and i do a lot of the breaking up the fighting that just seems like all day is just a screaming mad
Tammy: This is going in the garbage
Tammy: Do you want me to call Dad
Tammy: Now you’re here for the rest of the day
Bill: I’m hoping that we can find one form of discpline that works
Bill you take a timeout do you want to hit me
Liam: I didn’t hit you
Bill You hit me in the head bud
Liam: No
Bill: Yeah
Liam: No
Bill: Yeah
Liam: No
Bill: Yeah
Jo: Oh my word
Jo What a pathetic excuse for timeouts
Paige: No
Aiden: Yes
Tammy: I feel paige is really frustrated we asked a lot of her and i think she has a lot on her shoulders a lot of responsibilty than the nine year old shouldn’t have
Paige: Stop following me Liam
Tammy: Can you play together
Tammy: She is suffering in ways that we probably don’t know
Jo: I’m gonna have to do something about that
Tammy: We have to pare it together we have to be on the same team work
Tammy: We’re not really fighting you know please don,t talk wait like our communication is like zero
Jo: You can’t pattern if you’re not prepared to talk to one another
Bill: Why are you acting like this
Tammy: You’re in timeout and I mean it sit
Tammy: Besides has really taken a toy on her family
Tammy: Sit I had it
Tammy: I just want so much for this to be better
Tammy: Why are you being so difficult
Tammy: Supernanny we really are desperate for your help
Bill: Because we’re fighting a losing battle
Tammy: Please hurry and get here and help this family
Jo: Mom & Dad I know things seem hopeless but their not hopes on its way
Jo: I’ll be there soon