Quote From: lapine403I think the Aunt should have been left out of the entire Dr. Phil House thing. Nearly everything she had to say had "I" in there somehow. "I'm just so happy that I got the help that I knew my niece needed". Her very presence was pretty distracting and detrimental to the mother/daughter/grandmother getting help. Dr. Phil's staff should just have politely thanked Enza for the initial contact info and proceeded without her. I'm glad the mother & grandmother aren't interested in a relationship with her and I hope that the teenaged girl steers clear of her fame-hungry aunt, at least until she's on solid ground.
The fact that the aunt didn't contact the girl while she was in therapy (when there were no cameras present) speaks volumes about the kind of person she is... and I'm glad the girl seemed to "get" that fact.
I noticed that the girl was much more talkative and self-confident than when she was in the house. She looked great, I hope she keeps on that path.
And here is why. I think Enza is a great example of how toxic and disruptive one person can really be! She needed to be on the show to demonstrate to Dr. Phil how bad she really is and to allow Dr. Phil to reinforce the idea of keeping Enza away and out of the picture. I really believe Kim needed that reinforcement from Dr. Phil.
I think that it was great to see how well Alex is doing. I hope that she continues to thrive and I believe she will be a much better person for having had this experience. I think that she will really become something great. I do think, however, that unless things continue to improve with her mom and other issues it will be a big struggle for Alex.
Grandma Jeannette needs to move and become the grandmother. She is not the parent of the those kids and should have never been put in that situation. Yes, PUT in that situation. Kim allowed, and probably even wanted that to happen at times. She now needs to focus on parenting her own children no matter what the cost. I think that Grandma does deserve some Kudos because I have no doubt Kim has problems and having Grandma there to look after the kids to see to their safety was convenient for her. I really think that it's time for Kim to tell her mother that and that she appreciated and now she will step up. Time to get it together Kim. You have shown so far, I think, that you can but now you gotta go all the way.
Good luck to all of you.
Please be careful with your choices as I believe that, at least, Alex's life depends on it!
