Pelham Mom on Last Night's 'Wife Swap'

Pelham Manor's Yelena Zusin was on last night's episode of ABC's "Wife Swap."  Zusin, who is said to be a Russian "Tiger Mom," traded lives for two weeks with lenient and permissive mom April Markiewicz. Last night's episode was the seventh season finale of "Wife Swap."

Yelena lives with her husband, Oleg, and three children, 9-year-old Aiden and 8-year-old twin girls Elizabeth and Annabelle here in Pelham Manor. Yelena and Oleg say they "feel American parents are too easy on their children, so their children's days are filled with lots of after-school activities, including figure skating, gymnastics and piano practice. Yelena and Oleg believe their children should be the best in everything they do and never quit."

When Yelena meets her new family, she's "shocked by the children's lack of discipline and disrespectful attitude. She finds no structure or direction in the other family's home, and thinks that April and Mark Markiewicz are lazy parents. Determined to get one of the children out of his room and motivated to try new things, Yelena has him lock up all of his video games and replaces them with new, physical activities."