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The Madness of Modern Families

The Madness of Modern Families

2007•30m•Documentary
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Light-hearted look at the absurd behaviour displayed by British parents desperate to get it right for their offspring.

StatusEnded
Runtime30m
LanguageEN
First Air DateJan 16, 2007

Episodes

E130m

Birthday Parties

Once, the children's party was a joyous occasion for a parent, but not any more. Modern parents come clean about the madness of children's birthday party inflation.

Jan 16, 2007

E230m

School

There's nothing mad, modern parents won't do to get their kids into a good school: moving house, adopting religion, inventing illnesses, camping in the playground - and bribing teachers with a lot more than an apple!

Jan 23, 2007

E330m

Money

Pocket money for penny chews is a distant memory: today's parents reflect on the mums and dads who pick up the bill for their children's life of luxury. Should kids be guiltlessly enjoying sushi, cappuccino and state-of-the-art electrical goods at the literal expense of their mothers and fathers?

Jan 30, 2007

E430m

Other Parents

Spying and back-biting, mad modern parents know no shame in the competition that starts at birth and continues to the school run: whose baby sleeps through first, whose child has completed War and Peace at the age of eight, who can please the school teachers most. These are serious questions for modern parents who thrive on competition and can't wait to trip each other up.

Feb 6, 2007

E530m

Extra Curricular

Modern parents confess to the laughable amounts of time they devote to extra curricular activites for their children. With everybody at it, no one dares give their kids any down time so it's a non-stop rush to make it to violin, sanskrit and judo and try to fit in dinner in the car.

Feb 13, 2007

E630m

Food

Modern parents reveal the dark secrets about family meal times and go into delicious detail about dealing with modern-day, faddy kids, so-called allergies and the torment of eating out.

Feb 20, 2007

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