Mercury Family

The Mercury Family is the first episode of Ultimate Supernanny. When Joyce goes to Brookline, Massachusetts, she meets Toby (36) and Violet (34) with their children: Bradley (16½, diagnosed with autism), Jessica (14), identical triplets Annie, Hanna and Harriett (12), Nicole (10), Bryan (9), Jackie (8) and Timmy (6). Bradley always stutters, which means he has been doing it since at age 5. Not only that Bradley is well-behaved as his birthday was coming up, but Annie, Harriett, Nicole and Timmy as well, but Hanna, Jessica, Bryan and Jackie are far from it. Jessica beats residents up and tells her parents to "commit suicide and die" (Her words, NOT mine!), Hanna is violent and refuses to stay in bed, Bryan refuses to run away home and is having a hard time at school and Jackie refuses to eat her food, which threatens her health even thought she has Type 2 Diabetes. Jackie has been kicked out of 3 schools because of her behavior. Jackie also snacks on unhealthy food.

Discipline Techniques: Punishment Circle (for Jessica, Hanna, Bryan and Jackie), Electronic Confiscation (for Jessica) and Toy Confiscation (for Hanna, Bryan and Jackie)

Other Techniques: Snack Jar Technique, Cooperation and Good Eater