The King Family Week 1

**WARNING: THIS PAGE CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING- STRONG LANGUAGE, CHILD ABUSE AND MENTIONS OF SEXUAL ABUSE.**

**The King Family** is the fourteenth episode of Season 1 of Nanny 911.

In addition, they also appeared on Marriage 911.

## Episode Summary

Nanny Stella meets the King family in New York; Christopher Sr. is a chiropractor and Laura is a stay at home mom. They had five kids: seven-year-old Danielle, six-year-old Christopher Jr., 4-year-old Courtney, 2-year-old Conner and 1-year-old Katie. In addition to having five kids, they also have three dogs, three cats, two rabbits and a hamster.

## Recap

**WARNING: THIS SECTION OF THE PAGE CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE, READ AT YOUR OWN RISK.**

### Observation

At 9:11 in the morning, all five kids are running around, jumping on the beds, and screaming while Chris and Laura carry on with their business. After the chaos, Conner refuses to eat his breakfast and cries for a bottle. Courtney spanks Connor and ends up in a timeout, She tells Laura she's a "Big Bitch" and a ¨Fat Fuck¨ and calls her garbage while spitting at her. Later, Danielle and Courtney play with their pet rat. Then, Courtney says, "Don't hold that vagina" which leaves Stella livid. Nanny Stella witnesses how the kids play together. They hit each other and beat on their parents. Danielle has a broken arm already.

At lunchtime, the parents were trying to get the kids to sit for lunch, Chris Sr. was laying on the couch while shouting commands. When the kids are at the table, Chris Jr. acts up and starts hitting, Chris Sr. pinches him and tells him off. Chris Jr. goes to his room. Nanny Stella follows him and persuades him to come back downstairs. Instead of apologizing, Chris Sr. bullies his son. Laura confronts Chris Sr. only to cause an argument with both parents undermining each other.

### Parents Meeting

Nanny Stella points out that they can't be surprised by the children's profanity when they use it themselves. Chris and Laura admit that they can swear in front of the kids often. Stella gets to the main point about the children's safety mentally and physically, And with that, Stella leaves.

### Teaching

Nanny Stella gathers the family around the table and puts rules in place and introduces her Timeout technique for the children. Conner wanted a bottle, so he had a tantrum. Stella suggests that they go cold turkey and take away the bottle. Conner has a tantrum, smacks Laura and calls her stupid only to land himself in Timeout he escapes a few times and finally stays put.

The mood in the house is playful and calm which is unusual, True to form, the kids are hitting, swearing and fighting they have broken every single house rule. The next day, Nanny Stella was frustrated and enforces the rules with yet again another one of her techniques. If the children use inappropriate language, they are given toilet paper and sent to the bathroom. Courtney tests the boundaries when she starts swearing, so Stella gives her a toilet paper roll and sends her to the bathroom.

The next day at lunch, Laura gives the kids options Chris Sr undermines Laura the situation only escalates the situation into an argument. Chris Jr. runs away from his mom, and knocks Conner out of his chair. When Chris Jr is in Timeout, he bolts around the house laughing and screaming, Laura calls Chris Sr. to help her. Chris Jr. doesn't take him seriously either. Chris Sr. puts Courtney in a Timeout leaving Laura to handle both kids on her own.

Later, Chris Sr. decides to try timeout. Chris Jr. was uncooperative so his father resorts to ultimatums. Chris Jr. responds with total disrespect and continues to test his father. When they made it upstairs, Chris Sr. takes his sons toys one at a time. When Chris Jr. realises he is being blackmailed and gets upset, his dad torments and taunts his son. The two of them get into a physical fight for over an hour. Eventually, Laura finds Chris Jr. being restrained. Laura and Chris argue while poor Chris Jr. is gasping for breath.

Nanny Stella was in tears and expresses her concern for the children's safety. She tells the couple that until they get their marriage together, she can't help the family out. Right on cue, Chris Sr and Laura hash out their issues. Despite things getting heated, the couple agrees to do marriage counseling. Nanny Stella talks to Chris Sr. about the incident with his son earlier that day, so Chris Sr has a speech to his son.

Throughout the days, the parents new found respect for each other have a positive effect on the children and discipline runs much better. When Courtney starts swearing, she calmly sits in timeout and Nanny Stella is impressed. Afterwards, Stella leaves the King family for good.

### Gift Portion

The King family got a luxury vacation at a Florida Resort.

## Gallery

ChrisLauraDanielleChris Jr.CourtneyConnerKatie

## Events-Post Nanny 911

### In the news

On June 30, 2008 (according to various news articles), Chris King Sr. was arrested for molestation charges and sexual abuse of his patients. These patients were women who claimed that Chris would make off-putting comments and touched them inappropriately.

## Trolling Situation

Sometime in 2011 Chris Sr made an account entitled "producerFOX" on Youtube. He would watch the videos of his episode and then troll people in the comments. Chris Sr's account seems to be defunct as of 2023

## Trivia

* This episode was hated due to Chris's abusive behavior especially when he fought Chris Jr.
* Conner is a survivor of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018
* Courtney is married and has 2 sons, Stephan (b.2019) and Jeremiah (b.2020) and a stepdaughter, Aleena
* Chris and Laura are still together, surprisingly.

## BTS

This episode was filmed in February 2005.

## External links

* Episode Uploaded in parts
* Woman accuses chiropractor of groping- SouthCoast TODAY, 5/20/2008
* Chiropractor arraigned on five additional charges of inappropriate behaviour.- Times Herald Record, 6/30/2008
* Chris´s Facebook