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The Madness of Modern Families

The Madness of Modern Families (2007)

January. 16,2007

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The Madness of Modern Families

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

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The Madness of Modern Families

2007

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

Seasons & Episode

Seasons 1 : 2007

6 Episode

Episode 1 - Birthday Parties

January. 16,2007

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.

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Episode 2 - School

January. 23,2007

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!

Episode 3 - Money

January. 30,2007

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?

Episode 4 - Other Parents

February. 06,2007

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.

Episode 5 - Extra Curricular

February. 13,2007

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.

Episode 6 - Food

February. 20,2007

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.

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