Supernanny: The Theory Animated Tropes/Reality Ensues

Tropes

 * It shows that Lei has a complicated relationship with being a father, Part of this reason is not because of his sociopathy, but his upbringing, Lei’s far from being the Abusive Parent Qing-lai and the Gardners were (Unfortunately, It’s Truth in Television for kids who were abused to become Abusive Parents themselves), but the fact he had no positive, stable role models for fatherhood during childhood and adolescence, His biological father was a rapist and murderer who forced his son to kill a man at age 11, his first foster father ignored his sociopathic tendencies and the second used Denied Food as Punishment as a discipline method which resulted in his binge eating as a result, causing him to seek out his fellow gang members to help with his daughter.