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A recent episode of Supernanny featuring a
Deltona family has prompted concern from some
viewers. (Photo: ABC TV.)
The News-Journal is reporting that a Deltona family featured on the February 13 episode of the ABC reality series Supernanny has become the subject of a child abuse investigation after viewers of the show called the Volusia County Sheriff's Department to complain about the methods that father Phil Davis employed to discipline his children.
A clip from Supernanny's "Davis Family" episode that shows Phil Davis slapping his young daughter in the face has been making the rounds on YouTube.com. The footage was shot in November 2008. A spokesman for the Volusia County Sheriff's office said that the father is currently receiving counseling, according to the Supernanny producers. No charges have been filed against the family, although the investigation remains open.
The YouTube clips are admittedly hard to watch, especially in the context of the entire first half of the episode. Granted, families applying to be on the show are already confessing that they are in a state of crisis (although not everyone voluntarily brings in a camera crew to document their familial discord). What Volusia County Sheriff's Department and DCF will need to do is determine if the YouTube clips are an example of recurring behaviors, or if a visit from the Supernanny really did prompt the family to get the extensive amount of counseling and parenting classes they really needed.
Learn more about child abuse through MedicineNet.com, and the Child Welfare Information Gateway.
Read more about the investigation on Central Florida News Channel 13.
Comments
maybe if more parents super kicked thier kids ass on a daily basis they wouldnt need a supernanny. my kids dont act like thier super stupid.
Personally, I don't see anything wrong with him popping the child in the mouth for biting. What should he have done? My mom would have bit the child back. Would that have been better?
i dont think theres anything wrong with that. every parent would do that.honestly av you guys nothin better to do.
It's not just the "popping the child in the mouth" but the rest of the episode that needs to be seen to show the abusive behaviors. The dad uses a belt on his children as "discipline" and he has hit them hard enough to knock them off their feet. He's also incredibly verbally abusive.
If you watch the rest of the videos on Youtube they are disgusting. The father hits the child over the face hard enough to make her fall to the the floor.
You're a complete idiot if you think any such things are acceptable! Hitting your child as a way of disciplining them for hitting is ridiculous. You're the adult. Your'e the parent and you should b setting a good example. Its not rocket science losers!
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