The Brogdon Family

**The Brogdon Family** is the eleventh episode of Season 3 of Nanny 911

## Episode summary

Nanny Deb is sent the Brogdon family in Gastonia, North Carolina where Angela and David have 4-year-old triplets named Dave, Joe and Beth.

David is a detective while Angela is a stay at home mom dealing with the triplets all day.

Beth is the youngest triplet, but believes she is the queen bee, bossing and tattling on the boys every chance she gets, Beth is very aggressive and disrespectful towards Angela. Dave has a terrible temper and screams bloody murder if he doesn't get his way.

Joe may be aggressive but is treated unfairly, ignored, and unreasonably disciplined by Angela.

Assigned to the case by Head Nanny Lilian, Nanny Deb is on her way to solve the terrifying triplets ?

## Plot

### Observation Day

When Nanny Deb arrives everyone is well-behaved, Beth is the first one to show her true colors when she throws a tantrum when the family is painting. Angela attempts to put her in a timeout chair but Beth just screams and throws the chair. After a crazy morning Angela takes the kids in the backyard. Angela pushes Dave on the swings but when Joe asks to get pushed on the swing he's ignored and forced to rake leaves. During snack time the triplets refuse to share and whine and things get worse when Angela forces Dave to share Dave ends up throws a fit. When the kids are left unattended bad things happen, Dave hits Joe with a toy and Joe hits him back. After Joe hit Dave.Dave goes to tell on Joe (Despite being the instigator) and when Angela goes downstairs she makes Joe apologize and sends him to timeout which backfires. When David comes home from work he lays on the couch while Angela gives the kids a bath and puts them to bed. At bedtime the kids cry and misbehave.

### Parent´s Sitdown

Nanny Deb discusses the sharing and favoritism issues and reassures them that she will be back to help.

### Teaching Days

Nanny Deb introduces house rules and a reward chart, after David leaves for work. In the backyard Nanny Deb wants to work on the triplets sharing so she brought out kiddie cars and a timer. When Dave gets on the car Nanny Deb tells him that there taking turns, hearing this Dave sulks until his time is almost up and when he starts riding the car his time is up and it's Joe´s turn. Dave throws a tantrum Nanny Deb calms him down and gets him to get off the car. At Bedtime Nanny Deb introduces new rules and a cleanup routine. Things are going good until Dave and Beth cry for their mother and gets out of bed Angela is able to control them with the help of Nanny Deb. The next day Nanny Deb confronts David on his absence and selfish behaviour telling him he needs to be more involved with the family and help his wife. Later, Beth throws a tantrum over pants and Angela puts her in a timeout. Beth escapes her timeout and screams David finally intervenes and gets Beth to put the pants on. That night, Dave puts the triplets to bed and goes to work. With Angela in charge things get worse, Dave comes downstairs whining for a toy and Angela allows him to take the whole box of toys, Joe is watching all of this. Dave is carried to his bed like a prince. When Angela sees Joe playing with a pair of goggles she removes his pillows, decorations, and lamps leaving Joes sobbing in the dark. The next day, Nanny Deb speaks to Joe about the situation the night prior. Joe says that he´s treated differently from the other two. When Angela and Dave are roughhousing Joe tries to join but gets in trouble Angela scolds him and sends him to timeout. Nanny Deb decides to confront Angela on her behaviour telling her that she should love her children the same Angela is guilty and bursts into tear. When she goes outside to think about her parenting choices David comes outside to speak to her about it. To make up for her actions Angela takes Joe to park and even apologizes to him. With the family being more loving towards eachother Nanny Deb´s work is done.

## Trivia

* Beth's actual name is Elizabeth.
* David is now a police officer.

## BTS

This was filmed in September-October 2006.

## Family members

* David Brogdon, Sr.
* Angela Brogdon
* Dave (David Jr.), Joseph "Joe", and Elizabeth "Beth", 4