02x11 - The Langairc-Green Family

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NARRATOR: 'They're every parent's worst nightmare.'

You're gonna be sorry. GIRL SCREAMS

'Kids completely out of control...'

Give me the Kn*fe. CHILD SCREAMS

'..and taking over the household.' I'm the boss!

'These families have reached the end of the road.'

How was I to know I was gonna have three kids in two years?

'They're in need of help.' Shut up, everyone!

'They only have one alternative left.

'It's time to contact Nanny .'

PHONE RINGS

Hello, this is Nanny .

'We've gathered a team of world-class nannies

'from all over the globe. Each week, from Nanny Central,

'they will watch a video of a family in crisis...'

SHE SCREAMS

'..and decide which nanny is best suited to help.

'They will then have one week to take our families from living hell

'to a family bliss.'

- Give me my life back. - It's mine!

'Can these families be saved?'

- I don't love you! - It's an emotional roller-coaster.

Unless you get this right, it's all gonna fall to pieces.

If you think you can do a better job, get on with it.

'Parents of America, help is on the way.'

ALL: Nanny's here!

Nanny's here!

'Tonight...' HE CRIES

'..Michelle and Adam Longairc should call Homicide...'

Quit hitting me!

'..because their kids are getting away with m*rder.'

We're the boss and you're the kid. HE SCREAMS

'Mom does her mothering from the couch...'

- Stop! '..leaving prison guard Dad

'to run the asylum.' - Give me the g*n.

- Where's the target? - Give me the g*n.

'These kids have no respect...' BOY SCREAMS

'..for anybody...' - Oh, shut up!

'..or anything.'

He's bit me, he's pinched me, he's spat in my face.

'Can Nanny Stella keep these cons in line?'

Nobody said I was signing up to fight with Mike Tyson.

'It's Prison Break...' - No!

'..tonight, on Nanny .'

SHE CRIES Oh, shut up!

YELLING AND SCREAMING

Do it again and you'll never see that bat again.

My name's Adam Longairc, I'm .

'I work in security. I'm the stepfather of three kids.

'It's been miserable.' - That's so disgusting.

My name's Michelle Longairc. I have three spoiled kids.

THEY SHOUT 'They drive everybody nuts.'

I try to be a good father and discipline the kids.

We'll let you know when it's time to come out.

BOY CRIES

'We're supposed to be a team and, at times,'

it's me against the four of them. I'll call you when I'm ready to go.

A lot of times, I tell Adam just to shut up.

The kids will pull each other's hair...

THEY YELL ..punch each other...

THEY GRUNT ..bite each other...

- Yes, you are. - ..spit on each other.

- They will claw at the teachers... - No!

..drop the F-b*mb.

Mom and Dad think that the parents are in charge,

but the kids are in charge.

Car rides are a nightmare.

I don't care if it's hurting you. Grocery shopping's a nightmare.

BAG POPS Clean-up on aisle five!

- Keep going. Come on. - Ow!

'I'm embarrassed when people are staring at me.'

HE YELLS

I'll have a headache from yelling at 'em so bad.

Adam, don't do that. ERICA SCREAMS

We have three little angels/devils.

MICHELLE: 'Sean is eight years old.'

He's kind of the brains behind the operation.

Ooh!

He's too smart for his own good, at times.

MICHELLE: 'He likes to talk back.' Don't say that to me.

He degrades me, like I'm his age.

- Mom farts in the morning! - Shut your mouth!

Sometimes I'm smarter than Mom and Dad.

What an idiot you are.

Adam's just the cute one.

'Everybody loves Adam.'

Adam is my pumpkin pie!

HE YELLS

He refuses to do anything I tell him to do.

Adam... HE SCREAMS

See what happens?

I have a problem with telling him "no".

Don't you dare.

g*n POPS Adam!

Being bad is fun.

ERICA SCREAMS Quit. Quit!

MICHELLE: 'Erica is six years old.'

Erica is Daddy's little girl.

- I'm telling Daddy. - So what?

Michelle will nit-pick her about the slightest little things.

Look what you did. Now you can clean it up.

SHE MOANS

I'm sorry.

I asked you to stay out of the fridge.

Erica is very spoiled by my husband.

You're a good cook, aren't you?

'Erica's the biggest whiner.'

Don't touch me again. ERICA WHINES

Move. I asked you not to eat another brownie.

Every form of discipline I've tried to use,

Michelle doesn't agree with.

Did Mom say you could have that? Did you, Michelle?

So they get to have what they want,

- cos you'll not chase 'em? - What do you want me to do?

Want me to put him in his room, then yell at me for that?

- No. - You just don't get it, do you?

I fight with my husband all the time

about the discipline with the children.

'I don't even discipline them at all.'

- All day long. - What else do...

Well, find him something to do, then. I don't know.

Family members of Michelle's, at times,

tell her, "You need to support Adam when he tells 'em to do things."

Mommy!

Most of the time, her comments are, she could replace me tomorrow.

Every time I tell them to do something,

'she tells them they don't have to listen to me.'

I said, that's enough.

Michelle will yell at me for any type of discipline.

She doesn't really see the problem. She refuses.

HE YELLS She is a bad mother.

He didn't hit you. I feel like I do a good job.

You're acting like a baby now. What's the matter with that?

'She won't meet me halfway.'

MICHELLE: 'I don't think I need the help.'

I think he needs it, and the children need it.

- Just take a nap. - No!

ADAM: 'I really don't have an answer.'

Me and Mom are the boss, not you.

No, you're not the boss. I'm the boss.

You want me to die!

I've given up. Most of the time, I wanna jump out my window.

HE SCREAMS

I decided to call Nanny .

'I'm tired of fighting with my wife all the time.'

- Why is he out of the room? - I don't know.

Stop!

If things don't get better, I don't think that our family could survive.

There's been times I've wanted to just call it all off.

No!

I don't care if it's hurting you.

I'm in charge of the cleaning.

Well, find him something to do, then. I don't know.

So, what do you think, ladies?

Well, I don't know how many times I've seen it.

The kids don't respect the parents

because the parents don't respect the kids.

Did you see that mother?

It doesn't look like she can take care of herself,

let alone her children.

One boy's rude and the other's violent.

And they have to be getting it from somewhere.

Very well put, Nannies.

Because of her insistence on respect in the home,

I'm choosing Stella for the Longairc family.

Her no-nonsense nannying is just what they need.

STELLA: 'As I understand it,

'the Longairc family are on the brink.

'Mum, Michelle, simply refuses to discipline her kids

'and lets them get away with m*rder.'

Don't break anything. HE LAUGHS

'And while stepdad, Adam, works at the local jail,

'it's home that surely feels like the real prison.'

Shut the door. Sit on the bed.

'All signs point to disaster,

'and with only one week to help,

'it certainly sounds like an expl*sive visit lies ahead.'

I have a feeling it's going to be a long week for the Longairc family.

SHE KNOCKS AT THE DOOR

Adam, can you get that?

- Hi, Nanny. Nice to meet you. - Hello.

- Nanny Stella. - I'm Adam.

'Nanny Stella was wearing a red coat, red hat, and looked like'

she was going on a business trip to the White House.

- Hi. - Say hello.

- Hello. - Hello. I'm Nanny Stella.

What's your name?

I thought that Nanny Stella looked like Little Red Riding Hood.

- Who are you? - Who am I?

I'm Nanny Stella. Have you forgot already?

HE LAUGHS

- Can I sit anywhere? - Yes.

OK.

And I'm just gonna sit here and take notes.

I know it's hard, but you have to pretend I'm not here. OK?

'The first thing I notice is that Dad's job as a prison guard

'isn't much different from his job at home.'

- Where's the target? - Give me the g*n!

One, two... Sean!

CHILDREN LAUGH Give me the g*n.

- I told you not to fire. - I don't wanna!

That's my g*n now.

STELLA: 'And when Dad throws Sean into solitary confinement...'

Come out when you can behave.

- Sean! '..Sean escapes.'

HE LAUGHS 'And Mum just looks on.'

SEAN LAUGHS

There's no Mum saying, "Hey, don't do that."

What's he doing out of the room now?

SEAN LAUGHS

- Why's he out of the room? - I don't know.

Mum was not responding to the situation at all.

Sean! SEAN GIGGLES

DOOR SLAMS

ADAM SIGHS It seems like I am more interested

in correcting the children's problems than Michelle is.

She's just given up.

STELLA: 'By mid-morning,

'it's clear that, while Dad is very hands-on with the children...

'..it's strictly hands off for Mum.'

Sean! Did Mom say you could have that?

- Uh-huh. - Did you, Michelle?

So they get to have what they want cos you'll not chase 'em?

- What do you want me to do? - I don't even care any more.

She just figures it's easier to give 'em whatever they want

'and I just... I disagree with it.'

- In here and sit down, Sean. - Got it!

Adam's more strict

and, obviously, I'm not.

g*n POPS OK, last time.

'I don't even discipline 'em at all.'

They don't listen so I just kind of say, "Forget it, just do whatever."

One of you guys get hurt, don't cry.

SHE SIGHS

STELLA: 'By noon, my major obstacle is clear.

'Michelle is more spectator than mother.

'And that's never been more apparent than at lunch...'

CHILD SCREAMS See what happens?

See what happens?

'..when Mum leaves stepdad, Adam, to wrangle her three hungry children

'all by himself.' - Go and sit down at the table.

- I didn't do it. - I said...

I know. I said, sit at the table. Do it now.

'Lunch is off to a very rocky start,

'and things go from bad to worse...'

Move it, Granny!

It doesn't matter, they're all the same.

I put my plate here.

- Move it, Granny! - Erica, sit over here...

'..especially when Little Adam

'decides it's time for a Kn*fe fight.'

HE LAUGHS

Adam! Sean, take the knives off the table.

Give me all your knives, you little midget.

'While the behaviour at the table was appalling...'

SHE SCREAMS

'..when I got my first glimpse of the children's table manners...'

SEAN BURPS: I don't know!

Sean!

HE CONTINUES BURPING Sean!

'..I couldn't believe my eyes.

'My first impression of Sean was just rudeness.'

But after about all of seconds, wow, did he blow me away!

You're weird.

I'm weird? What is it that's weird about me?

Well, you never shut up.

I've seen disrespect with children before,

but I don't ever think I've seen it in that way.

You're like, "Ooh, I gotta write it down.

- "Ooh..." - Sean!

- "..that's good. That's real good." - Sean!

HE LAUGHS

He doesn't respect adult authority because he hasn't had to.

- Are you done eating? - Do you think I'm done?

'By mid-afternoon,

'it's obvious that Sean feels he can say whatever he wants to adults,

'and little Adam just follows suit.'

BLEEP

'Little Adam told me he tells the bus driver to...'

eff off.

What did the bus driver do to you

that made you say that naughty word?

I don't even know why I did it.

You don't even know why you did it?

Oh, my goodness.

ADAM: 'Once in a while, our bus driver'

will tell me that he has dropped the F-b*mb on them.

Can't say that any more, OK?

STELLA: 'What was alarming to me was,'

nobody was surprised by it.

He says it all the time. It was accepted behaviour.

Well, I'm glad he hasn't said it to me.

He might.

'It's plain that these children's extreme rudeness

'is nothing more than a cry for attention.

'And later in the day, when Erica asks her mother for a hug

'and Michelle ignores her, it's clear that without crying out,

'these children simply don't get heard.'

I don't want you hanging all over me all day long.

'And rather than giving Erica some love...'

Go whine in your room. Get up!

- No! - Get up.

'..she just throws her in her room.'

ERICA CRIES You're acting like a baby now.

'This mother is completely uninvolved.'

I don't care. SHE SOBS

'I have seen enough.

'It's definitely time to sit these parents down

'for a serious talk.'

Adam, Michelle, could you come down for a minute, please?

It's time for me to tell you about how the day's gone,

and give you my observations.

I was relieved that somebody was finally laying down the law,

that Michelle could not tell them "no".

One of my biggest observations is the no listening.

The kids do not listen, and you two

have no credibility with the children.

Give me the g*n!

g*n POPS SEAN LAUGHS

Usually, when a nanny comes into a home,

it sort of commands a little bit of respect.

You never shut up.

I was floored when she told me

how rude and obnoxious my children were.

I think Michelle was offended by some of the things she had said.

Because you're frustrated, you're constantly angry.

- Now! - I didn't do it.

Sit at the table!

I just lose my temper when Michelle will not meet me halfway

'on how to discipline them.'

You're over the top

and you have totally buried your head in the sand.

One of you guys get hurt, don't cry.

MICHELLE: 'I felt very angry.'

I don't think Nanny Stella really even knows what I do.

What you both do is not effective,

it's not positive.

How can I say it without being rude?

Your marital difficulties

filter down to them,

without question.

Nanny Stella had a lot of... bad things to say.

'I was very angry at her.'

I came to help and I will.

So now I have to go off and devise a plan.

SHE LAUGHS

And I'm not sure how long that's gonna take me.

I think Michelle is somewhat embarrassed

by the nanny coming to air our dirty laundry, as you would say.

But I will be back.

- You OK? - Yeah.

MICHELLE: 'Nanny Stella was in for a rude awakening.'

I don't care who she is.

'After a day of observation,

'the problems in the Longairc household are clear.

'There is absolutely no respect whatsoever,

'so today, I'm giving the family their own set of rules.'

OK, I've got my bag of tricks. Do you know what I have in here?

- Mm-mm. - I have my rules.

Do you have rules at school?

Well, guess what? Now you have rules at home.

ADAM: 'I was relieved that'

somebody was finally laying down the law.

'Every kid needs that, and mine especially need that.'

My first rule is, "Rude is wrong."

- You're weird. - I'm weird?

Who knows if they've ever been rude?

So what about the people in the bleachers over there?

I don't want you hanging all over me all day long.

Rule number two,

"One warning, one immediate consequence."

STELLA: 'The children are never given warnings.'

They're just threatened.

Sit at the table!

- OK! - Do it now!

So, if something is to happen and you give one warning,

then that is followed by one consequence. That's it.

OK...

Could you sit still, please, little Adam?

ADAM: 'Our family was so out of control'

that they could not even make it through Nanny Stella's rules.

No, you need to listen for a few more minutes.

You have to behave. And that means

sitting right there for a few more minutes.

I knew they would never listen to Nanny Stella's rules.

Little Adam, can you behave?

ADAM: 'I was very embarrassed.'

Mommy's little pumpkin pie would not have any part of the rules.

Little Adam. OK, are you listening to me?

You're not listening? Well, I know you can read my lips.

That's not respectful, and it's rude.

'I was feeling very frustrated because'

how are you gonna get through the week

if you can't get through the rules?

'My biggest challenge this week is these children's extreme disrespect.

'And since they clearly don't respect authority,

'I'm motivating them with something they will respect. Money'

OK. When the children do something

that you believe they should be rewarded for,

they're going to get...

..money.

Show me the money!

The kids' eyes were as big as quarters at that point.

And each child is going to have

their own special savings bank.

MICHELLE: 'I didn't think Nanny Stella's'

little quarter jar would work at all.

This is a jar with a lot of money in it.

It's going to go in here.

Only Mum and Dad will know the combination to this safe.

- Everybody all right with that? - Sounds good.

I think it's pretty sad that she had to bring a safe into the home

to make them behave.

STELLA: 'This is my first opportunity

'to work with the Longaircs,

'and both Dad and the kids immediately get with the programme

'and start in on the chores together.'

Help me fold some clothes.

I'm gonna help, hold on. Can I have some?

You're a good helper. Wow!

STELLA: 'The first thing they did was help fold laundry.'

And it was really cute.

I think that's worth two quarters each, when you're done.

How about that?

STELLA: 'The kids are off to a great start.

'I'm very pleased with the whole bunch.'

Go put it in your piggy bank.

'Unfortunately, when Dad leaves for work,

'all of the positivity in this house leaves with him.'

The thought crossed my mind that, can Michelle really do this?

'Or is she going to bury her head in the sand again?'

STELLA: 'So we'll be starting with some family fun,

'by getting everyone together to make some cupcakes.'

- OK. One egg, Adam. - OK.

Stop it! Uh-uh!

It's like feeding time at the zoo.

SCREAMING

They constantly have to have your full attention.

'It just drives me crazy.'

- Hey, stop! - Sean, Sean!

Put the bowl down.

STELLA: 'And when Sean gets into the mix, literally,

'Mum finally tries to put him in timeout.'

Get up. You're done helping me.

'Unfortunately, she just drags Sean to his room.

'No communication whatsoever.

'And minutes later, with Sean still in timeout,

'Michelle does something very cruel.

'She teases Sean with the cupcakes.'

- Mm-mm! - They look good.

Mm, so delicious.

And the other children have ended up,

'not only icing the cakes,

'but starting to eat them.'

- Mmm! - Mmm!

STELLA: 'It was like t*rture.'

SHE KISSES HIM

'The point that really upset me was,'

Michelle was starting to taunt Sean.

Mm, they look so delicious. What do you think?

ERICA: Good, Mommy, good!

I was kind of angry at him cos he always cries for attention.

Nine more minutes.

No, he's talking to me.

He always thinks he's right. You're acting like a baby now.

STELLA: 'I intervened.' I was really upset,

and I thought what was happening was really, really unfair.

- He can come out. - He can come out?

Yeah, because he's been asked to sit in timeout and timeout,

but there's never been any clarity.

And now, he has everybody around him tormenting him,

talking about how delicious this food is.

That's mental cruelty.

I had felt that Nanny was kind of stepping over her boundary.

OK?

He can come out.

STELLA: 'She really wasn't onboard.'

And I was appalled.

'Only a few days into my week with the Longaircs,

'it's clear where the children's rudeness and disrespect is rooted.

'They're getting it all from Mum.

'And later in the day, when Adam goes ballistic on his sister,

'it's obvious that the disrespect in this house knows no bounds.'

CRASHING

He just...

- He just said the F-word. - OK.

Erica, I want you to stay out of their room.

STELLA: 'The response that I expected'

from a parent was not there at all.

I don't believe your response to that.

- I don't think he swore. - Oh, believe me, he swore.

At the top of his lungs, with venom and intent.

What just came out of his mouth

doesn't come out in bars down the street.

It came so naturally, it's not funny.

MICHELLE: 'I was getting very angry with Nanny Stella,'

that she persisted that she was right and I was wrong

'to embarrass me.' - I mean, I just...

I don't believe what he said, but I don't believe your response.

STELLA: 'She didn't hold him accountable,

'and he now thinks that'

that language and that behaviour, again, is OK.

Well, I tell you what. I'm not gonna call anybody a liar.

So I decided to make Nanny history,

'by playing Michelle the tape of her son

'using the F-word.'

You can listen cos I've brought it for you.

MICHELLE: 'I was really angry with Nanny Stella,

'that she'd bring in a camera and headphones'

- for me to listen to. - People can't keep making excuses

for your children, especially you.

I wanted Michelle to hear what little Adam had said.

Leave the BLEEP door open, Erica!

STELLA: 'She turned to me and she said...'

It was "frickin".

- No, it's not. - Listen. I know how he talks.

STELLA: 'Unbelievable. I bring Michelle the undeniable proof,

'yet she refuses to give in.

'What will it take to get through to this woman?'

I don't... I'm lost for... I'm lost.

I'm just a bit lost.

'I was seeing a real pattern of denial'

with Michelle, about the way she handles the children

'and their actual behaviour.'

Michelle, I'm not messing about with you.

You know what I mean? I am stern,

but I'm a very loving, caring person.

And I really do want your kids to be OK.

But they're not going to be if you don't do something.

MICHELLE: 'I wanted to explode.

'I could not believe this woman'

came into my home and said these things that weren't even true.

STELLA: 'I'm starting to see why Stepdad sent for me.

'It's not for the kids, it's for his wife.'

I just want it to be over with. She should just leave.

STELLA: 'And the next thing I know, Michelle is on the phone with Adam.'

Michelle called me at work, to give me an idea of how her day was going.

Immediately, I could tell she was very mad.

STELLA: 'I just kept thinking, she doesn't get it.'

She really just does not get what this is going to take.

I hope Nanny Stella doesn't give up on us at this point.

'And when Dad is unable to leave his job at the drop of a hat,

'Mum wages w*r with little Adam over a simple lollipop.'

At the table with those. Get at the table with that.

Well, then, let me take it from you. Give it to me.

- Give me that sucker. - You can't...

Give me it. Yes.

No. HE SOBS

Give it to me now. HE SCREAMS

Give it to me. No, let go.

Give me the... No.

STELLA: 'Instead of one warning, one immediate consequence,'

she was just screaming at them and saying,

"You've lost your treat."

Give me. Thank you. HE SOBS

I think little Adam is very spoiled.

STELLA: 'And to make matters worse,

'Michelle starts taunting one of her children,

'for the second time in as many days.'

He's being punished

because he wants to cry and whine about the sucker.

HE YELLS

No.

It was still confused. There was no direction.

You just have to sit in here, all by yourself.

HE YELLS And Adam just went ballistic.

HE SCREAMS

HE YELLS

He doesn't like to be told "no".

- No! - Adam!

'She never addresses'

the real behaviour. It gets left by the wayside.

HE YELLS Stop.

- Let go! - You can't hug. Come on, let's go.

No, let's go. It's OK. It's OK, I'm used to children...

I'm used to children acting out.

Nanny got a lot more than she bargained for.

- Yeah, you are. - Mommy!

It's OK, you gotta go calm down.

Are you pushing my head as hard as I think you are?

STELLA: 'When I took over,'

I'm in the room, dealing with this ridiculous tantrum.

'She didn't watch, she didn't want to learn.'

She went back to doing the dishes.

- You need to calm down. - No!

OK?

I was beaten up by a five-year-old.

The consequence will be a lot longer.

'This was like taming a stallion.'

If you pinch me again,

you are going to lose a privilege.

- Stop pinching. - No!

- It hurts. Stop pinching. - No! No!

He had never ever had anybody make him accountable for his tantrums.

Nobody said I was signing up to fight with Mike Tyson.

No!

- No. - OK, you need to stay here.

- No! - You're gonna lose everything.

You need to calm down.

- OK? - Mommy, no, no!

STELLA: 'He hit me, he bit me,'

he pinched me. You need to calm down.

- No! - Yes, you do.

HE SPITS And he spat in my face.

HE SPITS Oh, now you're spitting at me?

HE SPITS Oh, beautiful!

Absolutely beautiful.

ADAM: 'I was somewhat embarrassed by what the kids were doing.'

Even though they're not my biological kids,

it's still a direct reflection of how the parents are.

- No. - One warning. One warning.

STELLA: 'If he can't calm down, the immediate consequence'

is to take the suckers away.

And he still wouldn't calm down, so we took the suckers away.

You're not going back in the room? OK, the suckers...

Go on, Michelle, please put the suckers in the safe.

HE SQUEALS All gone.

'And lo and behold,

'as soon as the lollipops are out of the picture,

'Adam finally calms down.'

MICHELLE: 'And he actually stayed in the room,'

which was weird, I don't know.

'My week in Detroit is nearing an end,

'and Adam's behaviour is still as bad as I've ever seen.

'And since I clearly have nothing to lose,

'I'm gonna have one last go at Michelle.'

- Do you have a minute? - ADAM: Yes.

I didn't care about her rules or what she had to say.

'I'm not very good at taking criticism from other people.'

Do you know why your son is so disrespectful to me?

I don't, no.

Because you two are so disrespectful to your children.

You're very short-tempered with them.

Even you, Michelle, who says that you're compensating

for him, the way you speak to them

is not polite.

You do not speak to your children with respect.

No, actually, I do.

ADAM: 'Michelle will lie right to Nanny Stella's face,

'or her own family's face,'

to make herself look like the mom of the year.

That's so disgusting.

Get out of the bathroom. Sean, go sit in your room.

You're acting like a baby now.

So you're wrong about that.

I was seeing the river in Egypt.

'Denial.'

I'm not saying you don't love your children.

Where's the patience in your voice

when you speak to your children? "Get out of here."

"Come here. Don't do that."

No, usually I don't talk to 'em like that.

You're not getting it, are you? You're just not getting it.

My level of anxiety was just building up.

No, I talk to 'em nice all the time.

- No, you don't. - No, really, I do.

- No, really, you don't. - What is the matter with that?

So what? No, you don't.

What are you guys doing?

Just because I'm trying to discipline them.

- That's why I'm getting frustrated. - Disciplining your children

does not have to mean you're mean to them,

- or you're rude to them. - I'm not, ever.

I don't care if it's hurting you!

I said, OK, clean it up.

You did it. I just watched you do it.

I basically wanted to punch her in her face

'because she wasn't right on any of that.'

Do you know where you do your parenting from?

- Where? - This couch or that chair.

- No, really. - Yeah.

I never ever sit right here.

- You don't? - No.

No! Oh, jeez!

He's probably gonna, like, overload the washing machine, Adam.

Stop!

Well, I beg to differ, but you do.

If that's what you think, I mean...

ADAM: 'I was kind of embarrassed for Michelle,'

that she would say such a thing, with everybody knowing

'it's true, but her.'

- It's bull. - Is it?

Yeah.

I have an obligation to the job that I do,

and I had to drive some points home.

Let's hypothetically say that Sean is rude today.

So you're going to give him one warning

and one immediate consequence.

They don't like it, they don't care.

They're not... Like, most kids like their toys. They don't.

Do you know why?

Cos they don't respect anybody or anything.

- That's not true. - It is.

Michelle, it is.

ADAM: 'I couldn't believe that Michelle

'could sit there with a straight face and say that the kids'

are not rude and disrespectful to everybody they come in contact with.

Stop kidding yourself.

Your children do not respect you.

What don't you get about that?

I was feeling so defeated.

'Michelle wasn't really interested in what I had to say.'

They don't treat everybody like that, no.

Wh... SHE SIGHS

Adam told me he told the bus driver to eff off.

He told me he told the FedEx guy to eff off.

He's bit me, he's pinched me, he's spat in my face.

How many more people do you want him to be rude to?

Or do you just not care?

MICHELLE: 'For her to say something that nasty'

and that kind of vicious, it's kind of disgusting to me.

This was the firmest that I'd been with this family,

'at this point.

'And still, I wasn't getting anything from Michelle.'

When you have problems, like you have in this house,

it always comes down to respect.

'To get respect, you have to give respect.

'And Mum and Dad haven't respected the children.

'It's obvious that I'm not going to get anywhere with Michelle,

'so I'm checking in with Sean, to make sure he's OK,

'and to make sure he knows somebody cares.'

You don't wanna come out? Well, can I come in?

- Mm-mm. - You don't wanna talk to me?

'Children are a product of their environment.

'They learn what they live.'

I want the children to be able to break the cycle.

Sometimes you get really frustrated at Mum and Dad?

Why?

- I just want some more attention. - You want some more attention?

I haven't seen you acting up for quite a while.

You've been really well behaved.

'One thing that they do is,'

they keep telling the children they're bad.

'The longer you tell a child they're bad,

'the longer they're going to believe it and act it.'

You're not a bad kid.

Just some of the choices you make aren't very smart.

And you're really smart.

You are.

When Sean told Nanny Stella those things,

it kind of hurt my feelings because I thought

'that Sean and I had a good relationship,

'that he could tell me those things.'

Oh, dearie, dearie me.

It's OK, all right?

It's all gonna be OK.

ADAM: 'You could tell that Nanny Stella genuinely cares'

and really wants to help us.

She wasn't just going through the motions.

STELLA: 'What I want for the Longairc family

'is for these children'

to have a happy childhood.

'And during my next few days with the Longaircs,

'I really saw Adam making an effort.'

You can go on your own. There you go.

- Now bring 'em back. Now kick 'em. - Whee!

ALL LAUGH

Mama's not gonna help you. Mama's doing other things.

Get a rag, right here.

Oh, thank you!

Dad, Adam, was really bringing the rules into play.

He was doing things in the kitchen with the kids.

'It was very positive, it was happy.'

You're a good helper today, aren't you?

'And since Dad showed me that he was taking the rules seriously,

'I felt my time would be best spent

'giving both he and the kids as much love and attention

'as I could with the time I had left.

'Goodness knows, they need it.'

I'm watching.

CHILDREN LAUGH

'My week with the Longaircs is finally at an end...'

- I love you. - Thank you.

'..and while I wish I had more of an impact on Michelle,

'I know some leopards won't change their spots.

'So I have no choice but to say goodbye.'

Time for Nanny to go.

Usually, on the last day, it's happy and positive

and you're seeing real improvements.

Well, I wasn't seeing real improvements.

I really do want to say, I know it's been tough

cos it's not only been tough for you, it's been tough for me.

I genuinely do come from my heart,

as harsh as that comes across sometimes.

I wished I'd had more time with the Longairc family.

'I think I could've made more of an impact,

'especially with Michelle.'

Even though you think you're getting rid of me,

you're not really getting rid of me.

Cos I need this to go on the side of your bed,

for future reading.

I think she can be like an angel on our shoulder,

guiding us until we can get the situation under good control.

So when you have a problem,

you can say, "Oh, what would Nanny Stella do?"

'I hoped they'd learned something.'

There were no hugs.

There were no hugs.

'I shook their hands.' - Thank you.

- Thank you very much, Michelle. - Thank you.

OK?

I am still gonna try to follow the rules

that she laid out for us, even when she does leave.

Thank you very much for trying hard.

I know it's been really tough, but what I need you to do...

You know that brain up there?

I need you to start using it for smart choices. OK?

Thank you, sir.

I want the children to be able to break the cycle.

That the lack of discipline, the lack of communication,

no boundaries. If they have children,

I want it to be a different experience.

I've gotta go, guys.

ALL: Goodbye!

- Be good. - Thank you.

'But I leave Detroit extremely thankful that at least one parent

'sees the wisdom of my ways and is determined to change.

'With Adam leading the charge,

'I pray that Michelle will come around.

'For the sake of the kids, I certainly hope she does.'

- Let me whisper it to you. - Are you guessing what he's doing?

You gotta guess what he's doing.

What are you doing? Crying?

Being a model?

What's he doing? Counting your toes?

Fluffing your hair? Are you counting your toenails?

- Oh, very good! - Wearing a scarf?

- There you go. - All right! That's a good one.

- Pick a different one. - No, do that one.

- They'll never get that. - How do you know?

- No, they'll never get that. - Try it.

- Try it! - Ready?

- Sucking your thumb! - Yep.