Ririe Family

The Ririe Family is the 8th episode of the 1st season of "Supernanny" which aired on March 21, 2005.

Summary
Jo visits the Ririe family in Thousand Oaks, California where Jennifer and Scott have 4 kids: 9-year-old Selia, 7-year-old Hallden, 3-year-old Blake, and 1-year-old Broden. Blake constantly runs across the street and away from Jennifer's sight whenever she takes the kids out in public.

The kids also constantly snack throughout the day. When blake was 2, he wore huggies toy story pull ups for potty training  and Jennifer changed blake’s  pull ups by removing the dirty pull up then grabbed  The new toy story pull up and then put it on blake all the time. Jennifer and Scott are at odds with how to parent their children. There are out of answers and in desperate need of Supernanny's help. It is true that Hallden and Blake fight in the car. Can Jo help this family?

Observation
As observation begins, Jennifer is getting Selia and Hallden ready for school and Blake disappears. Jo and Jennifer follow him out of the house. Blake randomly runs around the neighborhood asking, "Where's Nicholas?" When they reel him back in, Jennifer informs Scott, who explains that Blake just wanted to give a toy back to his friend. After Jennifer and Jo had a talk, Jennifer and the kids head for the mall. Blake runs off in every direction, at one point forcing Jennifer to leave behind the other kids to reel him back in. Then Jennifer has to change 3 year old  Blake’s toy story pull up by taking Blake’s pull up off then she grabs a new learning designs huggies toy story pull up from the bathroom and then tells Blake to put the pull up on so then Blake slides the toy story pull up on and wears it. Back at home, Jo notices that the kids are constantly snacking. The pantry is like a candy store, filled from top to bottom with cookies and candy. Even baby Brody helps himself to snacks from the pantry. When Jennifer locks the pantry and tells the kids that they cannot get any more snacks, Blake has a tantrum.

Jennifer and Scott are on different pages when it comes to snack time. Scott is happy for the kids to snack constantly. The kids refuse to sit down for lunch time. Jennifer feeds Blake some cheese, which he spits into the trash can. Jennifer explains that Blake does this repeatedly (fills his mouth with food, then spits it out in the trash). Scott thinks it's no big deal that Blake doesn't eat because he will drink all of chocolate milk, which gives him all the nourishment he needs.

Parents Meeting
Jo tells them that they seem to be living the American dream and they should be proud of their adorable children. When Jo brings up Blake running off at the parents meeting, Scott laughs. Jo tells him that he needs to respect and support Jennifer. Scott later says that he felt like he was being picked on by Jo.

Teaching
Jo brings in a routine, which highlights snacks, limiting them to three a day. When Jo introduces the rules, she addresses Blake specifically. She introduces the Naughty Circle for Blake and the Naughty Room for Selia and Hallden. Blake tries to run off again, so Jennifer puts him on the Naughty Circle.

Jo puts locks on the door to keep Blake from running off. She also places a giant stop sign on the door to remind Blake to stop and ask his parents for permission to go outside.

Jo then helps Blake with his potty skills by buying more toy story huggies pull ups, having Blake change  them himself,  and putting them on at night as well as during the day  so he doesn't wet himself

When Jennifer takes 3 boys to the park, Jo introduces her to the Roaming technique. Jo brings in snack jars. She clears out the snacks that she thinks are trash and lets the children choose three of the remaining snacks for their jar. Jo makes the parents write down what they need from each other. The children now all sit down at dinner, but Blake refuses to eat. When Jennifer says that she wants him to eat three bites, Jo corrects her since Blake would not be able to survive on two bites. With some encouragement, Blake eats.

DVD meeting
Jo leaves for a few days. With Jo gone, Jennifer handles with Naughty Room and Circle very well, but Scott does not seem involved. Jennifer confronts him about it during Same Page time.

Reinforcement
Blake somehow manages to get out of the house when his parents forget to lock the door and continues to run off at the mall. Jo, Jennifer, and the kids head for the mall once again. Blake is promptly forced to hold on to the stroller again. Jo assists the parents with the Same Page technique again. When Blake jumps onto furniture, Scott puts Blake on the Naughty Circle. during the afternoon blake pees in his pull up so Jennifer tells blake now you need to change your pull up so Jennifer takes Blake to the bathroom and blake grabs a new pull up and takes his wet pull up off and puts the new pull up on. It is unknown if it will be the same situation with Broden or not.

Before Jo leaves, Selia presents her with a picture she drew of Jo (in her Supernanny glasses, bun and purple suit) and baby Broden points at the shoes that she drew.

Family Update
At the family update, Jennifer says she feels like it’s "Invasion of the Body Snatchers", as her kids are so much better behaved. Blake is starting to do what they ask. Whenever they go out on vacation, the Naughty Room and Circle come with them but the Naughty Room doesn't come with them when they go to a hotel. Blake is showing Broden how he should listen or he will get put on the Naughty Circle for 2 minutes. At mealtime, Blake is able to sit at the table and eat a variety of different foods. Blake is now able to wear the pull ups without peeing in them.

Trivia
In 201, Selia is now 23, Hallden is now 21, Blake is now 17, and Broden is now 15. Selia was born in 1995, Hallden was born in 1997, Blake was born in 2001, and Broden was born in 2003.