America's Worst Mom

TV Show · Reality

All parents worry about their children, but some over-protective parents take worrying to the extreme. America's Worst Mom helps high-strung, fearful parents give their kids the freedom they deserve. Host Lenore Skenazy made national news for allowing her 9-year-old son to travel the New York City subway alone, and now she's helping to control the fears many parents have about societal dangers.

2011 · 48m

Season 1

  • Ten Year Old or Toddler?
    EPISODE 1
    Ten Year Old or Toddler?
    A struggling 10-year-old son fights for his childhood, longing to ride a bike, go to camp and bathe himself.
    48m
  • Five Kids on Lockdown
    EPISODE 2
    Five Kids on Lockdown
    Mom and dad create the most claustrophobic parenting style ever. Their kids can't play unsupervised in the yard. Their 20-year-old daughter isn't allowed to ride public transit.
    48m
  • Play Dates Are Banned!
    EPISODE 3
    Play Dates Are Banned!
    Even after 14 years of marriage, dad can't convince mom to let their kids have some freedom, even in their own backyard.
    48m
  • Trapped in Manhattan
    EPISODE 4
    Trapped in Manhattan
    They live in New York City, and dad sports punky blue hair, but mom's short leash is suffocating her sons.
    48m
  • Dancing With Danger
    EPISODE 5
    Dancing With Danger
    A suburban family's serenity is ruined by their mom's fear that a predator will abduct her two sons.
    48m
  • Zen & Now
    EPISODE 6
    Zen & Now
    Rob has handed most parenting decisions over to Kelly, and now their children live under a blanket of fear and limitations.
    48m

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America's Worst Mom

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All parents worry about their children, but some over-protective parents take worrying to the extreme. America's Worst Mom helps high-strung, fearful parents give their kids the freedom they deserve. Host Lenore Skenazy made national news for allowing her 9-year-old son to travel the New York City subway alone, and now she's helping to control the fears many parents have about societal dangers.

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Released
2011
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