I'm watching Supernanny, and there's one question I have:

[conuly]

Jo Frost has seen some 80 different sets of crappy parents. I know what they say about happy families being all the same and unhappy families being different, but seriously, how different can they all have been? That show is so formulaic I can recite the next 10 episodes in my sleep, so how is it that she thinks she can realistically affect shock and horror every single time? How horrified can she be? It's nothing new, is it? Honestly, you knew this family had problems, that's why they agreed to be humiliated on national television!

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[leora.livejournal.com]

I've wondered about that saying, because one of the things they say about abuse is how it is fundamentally the same from case to case. I don't think that's fully true either... I think there are a few different flavors of abuse. But I don't think every case of abuse is a case of a relationship broken in a unique way.

[leora.livejournal.com]

I've wondered about that saying, because one of the things they say about abuse is how it is fundamentally the same from case to case. I don't think that's fully true either... I think there are a few different flavors of abuse. But I don't think every case of abuse is a case of a relationship broken in a unique way.