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Has anyone ever noticed?

posted 14 years ago by punkeymonkey529
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I know this has probably been mentioned before but... have any of you noticed that Jo always goes to large houses or more wealthy looking homes/families and never a lesser class? Now I'm not trying to put down one class from another but I would like to see lesser classes shown. Now also this is my opinion but..... could it also be that more wealthy people may have less time with there children, or not pay as much attention to them in general as a poorer class? and thats why only there shown? I'm sorry but it seems as thats what they are portraying. Which with the way I'm seeing it is putting down the upper classes. I live in a lower class, I always have been, I am only 22 I have no children but I do love children, and I enjoy this show despite all the oddness it may hold.

Another thing and this is something I've noticed to be just downright funny. look carefully in tonights episode what is in every episode during the table meeting?

answer: a table runner and a bowl of fruit. hahah
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[–] Ashley_A 14 years ago

I totally agree. I noticed the same thing that the families do tend to live in huge homes. It could be the parents don't have time for their kids, but also I was thinking that wealthier people seem to be afraid to discipline their kids. I was a nanny twice for two different rich families and in both instances, the children were absolute brats because their parents let them get away with murder. The first family I nannied for I quit after 3 weeks. The second one I stuck out longer about 9 months. And I'm not sure what accounts for them letting the kids get away with murder.

In my second nanny job, there was a little 2 yr old girl and I told her she needed to eat her dinner or she couldn't have any candy. She started throwing a fit but I ignored her. About this time, he dad comes in the room with a sucker and says, "daddy will give you a sucker. you don't need to eat your dinner." Made me so mad the way he undermined me. And the mother good heavens she would pick up and coddle both the 2 yr old and 1 yr old when they were having tantrums instead of ignoring them or putting them in timeout. Drove me nuts

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[–] punkeymonkey529 14 years ago

wow those kids do sound like brats, i can't stand parents who just give into there kids like that and let them get away with murder its not going to be good when there older.

my mom nannied and she tells me she had to teach the parents how to discipline. my mom also tells me when i was bad she would discipline me and i would listen,

It seems like parenting has gone down the hill in some cases, sure not in all but a good majority.

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[–] Ashley_A 14 years ago

Oh I meant to comment on your signature line. Love Hannibal!! He's awesome That's one of my favorite movies.

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[–] punkeymonkey529 14 years ago

thank you!! its one of mine too, my friends and i had a huge night on the 9th of february to the 20th anniversary of the hannibal movies well 20th of silence of the lambs, 10th of hannibal etc. its funny hannibal rsing in the middle of it the disk froze and we talked and what said the lines during silence of the lambs and fast forwarded to our most favorite parts of hannibal ( it was like 4am by then)

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[–] deem714 14 years ago

Come to the bronx where I teach and ask yourself if any of the parents in my school will even sign up for this show! the answer is a big fat wopping NO!

It's not only Jo's doing, people need to sign the freak up for the show!

You're laborers, you're supposed to be laboring! That's what you get for not having an education!!

[–] jones8557-1 14 years ago

I've always wondered if those houses really belonged to the families. I'm sure less affluent families have signed up for the show. I'm from a middle class family. We don't have those types of problems you see on the show. When mom says to go to bed, you go to bed. When mom says eat, you eat or starve.

[–] punkeymonkey529 14 years ago

i've wondered if those are the peoples real houses as well.

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[–] Plasmodesmata 14 years ago

It might be quite hard to film in a small house what with the cameras, microphones and night vision technology.

[–] sonomagirl2120 14 years ago

I was thinking the same thing...this show needs lots of equipment to film so production probably looks for trouble families in big azz homes.

[–] lunayoshi 10 years ago

Yours was the reasoning I used. They can't film in a 1-bedroom apartment. There's just no room for the cameras and no place to put a ...thought room or whatever it's called. Mind blanked, sorry. I'm sure by herself she'd go anywhere (especially considering how little she was paid during the show's run), but for the show's along with the ratings' sakes, they'd need room for cameras and places to have those quiet not-interviews as incidents happen.
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[–] Faridah (1369) 2 years ago

But in the UK episodes the homes are fairly small and they film in those

[–] dancintoes01 13 years ago

thats funny about the table setting.. and more often than not the families are eating spaghetti - at least in the eps i have seen

[–] Brookiee124 9 years ago

Well, in almost every episode the mother is a stay at home mom and the father works. Only middle class and up could really afford to live on one income, whereas poor families need both people working (or are on welfare, which I doubt they'd ever show on tv).

[–] Jossgod 9 years ago

I kind of thought it was so as not to fall into the trap of "poor welfare trash who can't control their kids".

[–] Faridah (1369) 2 years ago

I’m watching the series again and I’m noticing this! One episode has young parents around 24 yet they live in this very large nicely decorated home. The master bedroom was huge and the bed was something you’d see in a furniture store with four posts and a canopy. A beautiful winding staircase along too. Plus the home was in CA and I know prices for homes these are high!