World’s Worst Mom

Trapped in Manhattan (1x4)

Air date: Jan 20, 2012

They live in New York City, and dad sports punky blue hair, but mom’s short leash is suffocating her sons. Their 11-year-old has to call her on his two-block walk home from school, and isn’t allowed to walk the dog unsupervised. And every meal must be microwaved to a crisp for fear of bacteria. Enter Lenore Skenazy; a parenting expert who helps parents shed their child-rearing fears.