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Child Behavior Boot Camp With Nanny 911's Nanny Deb & Nanny Stella

30 Days to Raising a Good Kid!

Wondering what your kid's behavior is all about? No need to call for help, Nickelodeon's ParentsConnect dialed 911 for you!

From April 15 to May 13, Nanny Deb and Nanny Stella were here to offer up their secret tools of the trade. So get ready to kick the bad behavior in the you-know-what and join our Child Behavior Boot Camp! It's fun! It's easy! (Well, sort of!) And it will help you raise some seriously, awesomely good kids!

Here's what you need to do:

1. Complete the daily challenges. Bookmark this page, so you can come back every day to take a new challenge. Each of these assignments offer the Nannies' tried-and-true techniques to help you become a better parent. If you're super ambitious, try more than one a day!

2. Find a Behavior Buddy.Have a tantrum-prone toddler? A back-talking tween? Guess what—you are sooo not alone! Every family has behavior issues: Babies, big kids, teens, and everything in between. Try to find someone on our message boards to do the challenges with you: everything's better with the buddy system! GO!

3. Q&As with the Nannies Nanny Deb and Nanny Stella answered tons of questions from real parents just like you! Read what they had to say about temper tantrums, picky eaters, ditching the pacifier, and more! GO!


Nanny Deb and Nanny Stella's no-nonsense advice and practical tips have already helped thousands of parents just like you. Just check out this testimonial from member, GO_Mommy:

"I was so happy, and inspired, to have the dynamic duo—Nanny Deb & Nanny Stella—lend us the expertise they've gained from years of working with families and individually with children. Their impressive knowledge and advice rang true to me. I'm glad they broke into manageable chunks, too. I can decide if a bit of advice is in our 'work on it' area, or just break my hand patting myself on the back for already following the advice!"


So what are you waiting for? You're less than 30 days away from becoming a better parent!

Tune into CMT for episodes of Nanny 911 on Saturdays at 8 p.m. EST!

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12/11/2009 - 5:22PM
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Hello I have a 4 year old son with an inconsistent and selected reign of terror (e.g school and sometimes with me, not with other friends or family members).  At the age of two he was suspended from daycare.  He held it together for a little while at his next daycare but eventually had major melt downs. Entering Pre-K was smooth until around the second month.  One day out of nowhere, I get this cumulative report of all the things he had done wrong. I made changes in me thinking I was the culprit.  I have implemented behavior mods, rewards, social praise,...the gammut.  It's mostly a temporary fix.  My son is extremely bright.  So I figured he was bored and wasn't challenged enough...un ahn! that wasn't it.  The teacher at daycare recognized his potential and often gave him work for first graders.  He was only 3!  I also work with him at home.  So go figure!  I just need a clue.  I know I am not the only one in the world but I am the only one in his class this is one of the reasons why I feel frustrated.  Sometimes I want a do over.  Can someone offer advice besides meds.

12/8/2009 - 5:49PM
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hi my name is samantha i have a5year old and she is so bad she will not listen to me at all she back talks me and her dad. she will not clean up after her self so i have to do it she is always fighting my 3year old son i have done everthing i can do to have her stop but she will not i dont know what  to do any more .it is so bad that i go in to the other room and cry thats how bad it is can anyone help me please i am out of answers please help.i will go and clean the house and she will see me do it and than when i am done she will go and mess up everything again like she dont care and when i ask her why she did it she says because she wanted to i dont know why she is like this i dont being her up like this were is she geting this from and why?and me and her dad are always frighting about her that we dont get along anymore because it is always that i dont do this right or something with her. please can you help me get tp her before it is tp late to.

11/24/2009 - 5:41PM
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hello. My name is Max Stengel. Im 15. You prolly dont get alot of messages from the kids themselves. I live a pretty good life but i need some help. I live with my Mom, dad, aunt and my younger brother. My brother is 9. He has ADHD, Anger management, and Bi polar. He is really bad. He gets mad very very easy and we cant calm him down until hes finished breaking everything in our house or until he gets what he wants. Im not perfect myself. I cuss alot and dont help out around the house really. I try to be nice to my brother but when I try he come back with angry or just be weird. I can explain if you reply back. I go to highschool and i have all passing grades and a great life, but its hard when your parents understand you but dont understand you. I need them to realize that they need to take more responsiblity in there kids. Me and my brother. If you could give me some adive to figure out how i can set my family into order that would be amazing. My brother he hits, kicks, breaks abjects in our house. For example our back window knocked out or holes in the walls. I cuss at him and call him names, and im sorry for that. I get angry for what he does. Last night my girlfriend was leaving for mexico and i wanted to video chat with her for 5mins. I go out in the family room where he was and i asked him if i can use the camera he said okay, then right as i grabed the camera he chase me into my room then taking it back so i couldnt see her before she left for a whole week. But the thing was he didnt even use it after he took it back like he said. So he started swinging it around and hitting me with it. I just wanted to see my girlfriend for 5mins but instead i got hurt and heartbroke for not being able to see her :(. So like i said if you could contact me at my email XLEK@live.com I would be soo nice of you. Because I live with this everyday and I dont want to live like this. I want a well disciplined family. There is soo much more I want to tell you but its private. So is you could contact me, that would be amazing. Thanks soo much!

11/13/2009 - 12:53AM
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Hi. My daughter Sophia is 2 years old. She is unable to fall asleep on her own. She must lay on my lap and she needs a bottle of milk to help her fall asleep. Once she falls asleep I lay her in her bed. Sometime throughout the night she wakes up and I bring her into my bed. She will not go back into her own bed. So, I am in deseprate need of getting her out of these really bad habits! Also, she drinks another bottle after she wakes up and is placed in my bed. So, I need advice on getting her off the bottle all together, I want her to fall asleep on her own and remain in her own bed! She wakes up every night...I have not had a good nights sleep in over two years! Help!

10/8/2009 - 11:39AM
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Hello. My name is Julie. I have a nephew that will be two 25Th of this month. He is a great kid, but he has a bad behavior. He has been kicked out of daycare for 3 days. His mom and dad has to pick him up early when he doesn't behave in daycare. He is a biter, he slaps the teacher and doesn't like to lesson to anyone. If anyone could help us try to control his behavior. He has one more chance, then he will be kicked out of daycare completely.    Julie-

10/7/2009 - 9:25PM
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PLEASE HELP!!!!! My 7 yr old son has anger management! he also hates adults!!! He has run out of school, hit counselors, yells all the time... for the most part he is a great child!!!! poor kid had to deal with a really bad divorce! i know that he is mad at his dad but how do i fix this?????? he has no respect for adults at all!PLEASE HELP ME!

9/25/2009 - 7:44PM
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I have two daughters.  They are 12 and 9.  As they grow older I can see the changes that are overtaking my respectable children.  There is more back talk, arguing, and times they just don't listen.  I enjoy watching your show and visiting your website to get ideas or information.  At times it is good see children behaving worse than mine. 

9/23/2009 - 7:11PM
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My son is 2 almost 3 years old.  I just enrolled him in preschool starting Aug 24th and its only been a month and there are already problems.  The teachers and I dont really know what to do with the hitting situation that is going on at school. The first  weeks of school my son was doing great and these last 2 weeks of school he has been hitting more and more and also started pulling hair and poking eyes.  He is put in timeouts but when he is finished  he will go back to picking on whatever child he was picking on.  He seems to really enjoy school and i am afraid that if this doesnt get resolved he will get kicked out.  Any advice?          My husband and are a very strict with both of our kids so when we are at home we deal with the situation by sitting him in his room and close his door and when he finishes he will come out and tell us he is done. 

9/22/2009 - 10:58PM
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Hi i need you to come out and help me with my two kids please they are out of control all my husband does is sit down and dont help me and i feel all alone and very tired they hit me scream at me so if you can come and help me write me at tpartridge@rocketmail.com thank you so much!

9/17/2009 - 9:24PM
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Hey there! I just started this website tonight and I like it already.  I am having a hard time getting control of my 2 year old son.  I heard 2's were terrible but I don't know that the word is strong enough for how I feel right now. Now for the most part my child is good, I mean he doesn't go around destroying everything in sight.  I just have trouble disciplining him.  My husband and my mother can just look at him and say no, and he stops!  I am the one he doesn't seem to respect.  But I am not a mom that doesn't discipline, infact I feel as if that is all I do all day when I am at home with him. I work 3 days a week and on my days off I keep him home with me, but sometimes I take him to daycare just to get some peace. As long as things are going his way, he's fine. But he starts hitting me, yelling no to me, and talking back. He already talks back! That just amazes me.  I don't want him afraid of me, but I want him to respect me.  I want him to know when I say no that's it. I try to get on to him by sending him to time out and telling him "It's not okay to hit mommy. And it's not okay to talk mean to mommy." He hates the time out chair, but the discipline doesn't last long.  He's back to talking back to me or hitting me in a few minutes or so.  I just need some more advice on what to do. I have the book Nanny 911 with Jo Frost and it's great, but I just don't seem to be doing something right. Any advice is welcomed!!!!Especially since I have another child on the way in February and want to get this under control before then.

9/16/2009 - 5:23PM
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Hi Nanny I have 2 kids My son is 3 1/2 going on 4 years old. His name is Brian and my daughters name is Helana she is 1 1/2 going on 2 years old. My son can be very mean to others when he's at the house. When he is at headstart and the babysitters' house or at his aunt Dena's house he is fine. His dad don't have any problems with him when i'm not home. He grandmother don't have any problems with him either. I don't know what to do anymore I took him the doctor nad he said that we'd have to put him on medication for aggressiveness and I really don't want to do that. So will you please help me I really need help with this problem so will you please email at daisychilson28@yahoo.com
9/10/2009 - 10:02AM
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my son is 5 almost 6 and is in k 5. since he started school he has become a problem for his teachers by hitting other children. i am at my wits end on what to do. is there something i am doing wrong and what can i do to fix the issue?
9/1/2009 - 10:11PM
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What do you do when your kid hates school, the school last year didn't really help help him any, and he is forever swearing at me and his father? Thank you Terry G
8/24/2009 - 7:55PM
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hello nanny 911, My name is Nicole and I have 2 children Austin 5 and Aliyah going to be 18 months and I have my hands full my son Austin is very hyper and can be very mean at times hes in football and and at pratice all he does is jump around do curt wheels and just goof off when not in when he hes in he does ok but still can't stand still. He has a behavior specialist come in and its not doin any good in the past austin has hit, smacked bit, and punched me. He also likes to slam his door and throw things when mad. Also has said very violent stuff in past( for exsample he wanted to stab his dad) I can't even go to the store with without him running and jumping around . I'm lost and just don't know what to do any more with him. My daughter Aliyah now she goes around pinching, bitting, smacking, and pushing little kids around. She has bit a 2 year old boy on the ear and bit her brother on the cheek. She bits her self,and pulls her hair when she doesn't get her way. Throws her self on the ground when she takes a fit. PLEASE NANNY 911 HELP ME!!! please e-mail me at nhunker@zoominternet.net
8/24/2009 - 3:50PM
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Hello Nanny 911, My name is Ebony and I have a sister she have 4 beautiful kids but dont let the faces fool u. Their ages are 5,4,2,1 None of them listen to a word their mother say so u know they wont listen to a word anyone else say. they run around the house all day, make all kinds of mess they wont clean up behind their selves my sister screams at them all day due to her fustration and on top of all that they go to sleep whenever they please and her 2 year old just wont listen no matter what u say or do it wont work she can never sit still and the 4 year old has a very smart mouth he wont listen to nobody but my mother and the 5 year old does'nt know what to say she thinks she knows everything even if u ask her u think u know everything she'll tell 'I sure do' Im lost and all out of words to tell her so can u please HELP she really need it and she is expecting again so please email me at deyonhill_cox@yahoo.com
8/6/2009 - 9:58PM
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Nanny 911, My name is Kim and I babysit 3 kids, ages 4,6 and 9. I have tried many things to try and get them to behave and nothing is working. There mother sprays vinegar in thier mouth when they dont listen but shes been doing since I started babysitting for her. About a year and they arnt responding to it. The 4 year old doesnt pick up after himself and expects everyone else to pick stuff up for him. I know how to deal with this but the mother doesnt do what I do after I leave and someone ends up picking it up for him. My bigger problem is the oldest. The 9 year old. She is very stong willed and I dont know how to break it. She hits her siblings, doesnt listen to what she is told to do. Today she hit her 6 yr old sister in the head with a remote control because her sister wouldnt stop interuppting while she was putting on a play. They dont know how to entertain themselves. They have to follow you and everyone around all day. Scared the sibling is gonna get something and the other one isnt. They ask you a million and one questions a day even if it doesnt involve them. The mom does nouthing to discipline them. I tell her when they are bad and I think without knowing what she is doing rewards them after I leave. Please Help. I am on the verge of quiting but I dont want to. I dont know what else to do. Please email me at beautifully.chaotic1987@yahoo.com
7/30/2009 - 10:24PM
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Nanny 911, My name is Melissa and i am a mother of 2 kids my daughter is 14 yrs. old. And my son is 7, I am a single mother and my two kids fight all day long my son is hollering & screaming all day if he don't get his way he throws stuff and hits me and his sister. My daughter will try and be big momma and go and slap him. He always wants his sister to go do what he is doing and there is a big age diff... she wants to do teen stuff and he wants to play games and watch stuff on tv. that she don't care to watch. And if she don't go he screams until he gets his way. Yes i know i am wrong sometimes to i give in and let him get his way because his screaming drives me crazy & would do anything to get him to stop. I come to my bedroom to get a break sometimes because he gets to me so bad i break down and cry. I loves my 2 kids so much i would try anything to make things better please (HELP ME)My email is eyes.angel53@yahoo.com THANKS MELISSA
7/30/2009 - 9:28PM
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nanny 911, My name is melissa and my daughter is 5 months old and i have been watching your show for a while now, and I love it. I started watching it so that i would be able to see problems before they happened, or at least be able to fix them. Due to your show i have been to tell some of my friends ways to fix some of the problems that they have had. Thankyou so much for all you do. Melissa melissa5422mo@yahoo.com
7/16/2009 - 9:47PM
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Nannie 911, I am a 19yr old single mother to 3 chidren Bailey 4, Christian 2, and Xavier 10 months. I can not control my children. As I am sitting here writing this I have been fighting my children for the last 2 hours to get them to go to bed. I do not know what to do anymore. I need help. Thanks Brittany
7/9/2009 - 5:17PM
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hello nanny deb and nannie stella i have a 3 yr old boy and i have been doin ur boot camp for him but it doesnt seem to be workin i am on step 6 and he hasnt changed i also have a 9 week old son too and he is always mean to him hitting stepping and throwing and suggestions i cant take my 3 yr old anywhere he screams and whines alot i need help now he is starting to bit every one PLEASE HELP


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