Ito-Zhao Family

Ito-Zhao Family is an episode of Ultimate Supernanny. Joyce goes to Huntington, Long Island to visit a blended Japanese-Chinese lesbian family. Japanese-American Kuki Ito (39) lost her husband, Toshio (40) from pneumonia while Chinese-American Marjorie Zhao (46) is now divorced due to being sexually abused by her Caucasian (white) husband, Peyton (47) and has lost her oldest daughter, Cho (18) from bile duct cancer. The children from Kuki's previous marriage was Kazuhiro (15), Genki (12), Daisuke (10), Kimiko (7), Hotaro (5) and Soshitsu (3) and the children from Marjorie's previous marriage was Dennis James "D.J." (17), Ming-Ming (14), Xiao (11), Brady Bryce "B.B." (9) and fraternal twins Ming-na and Hue-jang (7½). They had to live with Cho's husband, Forrest (25) and their baby son (and the kids' nephew), Raymond (10 months). D.J. plays violent video games and smokes cigarettes, Kazuhiro refuses to do his homework and laughs at Chikayo's pet chihuahuas Ami and Ryu mating, Ming-Ming and Genki are well-behaved, Xiao often wishes death on not only his family, but also his stepfamily by using death threats just to scare them, gets angry all the time, and backtalks a lot, Daisuke is also well-behaved, B.B. jumps on couches and beds, snacks on junk food, touches his siblings' things without permission, and also plays violent video games, Ming-na and Hue-jang are also well-behaved as they are having a Mulan-themed birthday coming up, Kimiko and Hotaro are also well-behaved and Soshitsu still drinks out of bottles despite being a toddler, screams, throw tantrums and spits. Xiao, B.B. and Soshitsu also attack their poor nephew, Raymond! Will Joyce let the children behave?

Discipline techniques: Punishment Tuffet (for D.J. and Kazuhiro), Punishment Corner (for Xiao and B.B.) and Punishment Gate (for Soshitsu)

Other techniques: Reward Chart (The Life and Times of Juniper Lee for the Zhao kids and Sailor Moon for the Ito kids), Allowance Chart, Video Games Technique, Homework Station, Bye Bye Bottle, Magic Play Technique, White Sheets, Thought Box, Drug Disposal, Snack Jar Technique and Mommy and Me