'Super Nanny' Poem by Linda Winchell

I've been watching a show called, 'The Super Nanny'
I can't believe how these children and parents act!
They scream out all kinds of profanities
and they bite, scream, kick and slap!

I guess things have really changed a lot
not for the better I must say!
I know I wouldn't have gotten away with anything!
back in my childhood or adolescent days!

If I looked at my Mother sideways
as if to question what she had said.
I would have gotten a punishment
and be sent to my room without being fed.

What happened to a childs respect?
of what or who has the parental authority?
Why have these parents let down their guard?
It is something our children need feel and be.

Now we have this Super Nanny show
in order to show us how we should live.
It's really sad that we've let it come to this
not being a true parental figure to our kids.