In case you missed the story in today’s Register — you know, a daily newspaper where people get the kind of community news that will never appear on Twitter, Google, Drudge or any other impersonal digital hole that’s supposed to represent the media of the future — “Supernanny” is coming to Connecticut.
The reality parenting show is looking to cast some state families. I’ve watched “Supernanny” over the years for the same reason people slow down at car crashes: Thank God that’s not my family pinned in the wreckage.
I’m sure loads of people will try out for the show, anxious to prove to host Jo Frost what complete idiots they are and how they have absolutely no control over their little brats. What compels people to expose their deepest flaws to a national television audience? Is it a desire to have their parenting skills transformed and their family made whole? Or is it a desire to be reality TV famewhores?
I think you know the answer.
My advice to the tempted is to visit the show’s outstanding Web site for very effective parenting tips and keep your skeletons in the closet.