World's Worst Mom

2011 - 2012 NR 7

The show features extremely over-protective parents and their families. Lenore Skenazy, columnist and advocate for the Free Range Kids movement works with parents to help them step outside their boundaries and conquer their fears. In the long run, host Lenore teaches parents how to loosen the reins and give their kids the freedom they need to grow up with independence while still keeping safety as a main priority.

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Episodes:

Episode 2 Five Kids on Lockdown

2. Five Kids on Lockdown

Aired: Jan 6, 2012

Mom and dad team up to create the most claustrophobic parenting style ever. T...

Episode 3 Play Dates are Banned

3. Play Dates are Banned

Aired: Jan 16, 2012

Even after 14years of marriage, dad can't convince mom to let their kids have...

Episode 4 Trapped in Manhattan

4. Trapped in Manhattan

Aired: Jan 20, 2012

They live in New York City, and dad sports punky blue hair, but mom’s short l...

Episode 5 Dancing With Danger

5. Dancing With Danger

Aired: Jan 25, 2012

A suburban family’s serenity is ruined by their mom’s fear that a predator wi...

Episode 6 Zen & Now

6. Zen & Now

Aired: Feb 1, 2012

Rob has handed most parenting decisions over to Kelly, and now their children...

Episode 7 Family Secrets

7. Family Secrets

Aired: Feb 6, 2012

Parental paranoia is wreaking havoc in this family. The 15-year-old son is fo...

Episode 8 High Anxiety

8. High Anxiety

Aired: Feb 15, 2012

Dad doesn’t like to rock the boat while Mom enforces crazy rules for her chil...

Episode 9 The Iron Dome Home

9. The Iron Dome Home

Aired: Feb 17, 2012

Mom turns her house into a prison. Living in constant fear of murderers, she ...

Episode 10 Rules Overboard

10. Rules Overboard

Aired: Feb 18, 2012

An emotionally volatile mom refuses to budge on her overprotective parenting....

Episode 13 Girls Night In

13. Girls Night In

Aired: Mar 20, 2012

A single mother has reached her breaking point but refuses help from her thre...

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Info about World's Worst Mom

Current Status: Ended

Network: TLC

Genres: Reality-TV