Comments on: The Super Nanny Is The Armchair Quarterback Of Parenting Experts http://30tocure30.wordpress.com/2009/05/25/the-super-nanny-is-the-armchair-quarterback-of-parenting-experts/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:22:38 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Deb B http://30tocure30.wordpress.com/2009/05/25/the-super-nanny-is-the-armchair-quarterback-of-parenting-experts/#comment-386 Deb B Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:20:47 +0000 http://30tocure30.wordpress.com/?p=765#comment-386 The simple fact is that Jo doesn't "figure kids out" in five minutes. She is an interventionist. She highlights the destructive methods parents are using, which are so obvious to every viewer but much harder to see as parent in crisis. Like Cesar Milan, Jo Frost "trains parents" and "rehabilitates children." Armchair quarterback, eh? Not like all those books littering bookstores, libraries and parents bookshelves that are so very effective... No, you nudge, she gets in there, rolls up her sleeves and takes part in the process. And she holds up a none-to-soft mirror to the parents whose choices in parenting have caused the problems in the first place. Like any intervention, the onus is the parents', both the participants and viewers, to look hard in that mirror and decide whether they truly want a more positive direction. As for life-coaches...well, I thought that was what good friends, good teachers and good parents were for... The simple fact is that Jo doesn’t “figure kids out” in five minutes. She is an interventionist. She highlights the destructive methods parents are using, which are so obvious to every viewer but much harder to see as parent in crisis. Like Cesar Milan, Jo Frost “trains parents” and “rehabilitates children.”
Armchair quarterback, eh? Not like all those books littering bookstores, libraries and parents bookshelves that are so very effective…
No, you nudge, she gets in there, rolls up her sleeves and takes part in the process. And she holds up a none-to-soft mirror to the parents whose choices in parenting have caused the problems in the first place. Like any intervention, the onus is the parents’, both the participants and viewers, to look hard in that mirror and decide whether they truly want a more positive direction.
As for life-coaches…well, I thought that was what good friends, good teachers and good parents were for…

]]> By: Betsy http://30tocure30.wordpress.com/2009/05/25/the-super-nanny-is-the-armchair-quarterback-of-parenting-experts/#comment-319 Betsy Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:35:23 +0000 http://30tocure30.wordpress.com/?p=765#comment-319 dude wtf is a 'bottle of newcastle'?? And you leave our Jo alone - not her fault you yanks cannae control your offspring ;) dude wtf is a ‘bottle of newcastle’?? And you leave our Jo alone – not her fault you yanks cannae control your offspring ;)

]]> By: Andy Brame http://30tocure30.wordpress.com/2009/05/25/the-super-nanny-is-the-armchair-quarterback-of-parenting-experts/#comment-313 Andy Brame Mon, 25 May 2009 22:22:34 +0000 http://30tocure30.wordpress.com/?p=765#comment-313 You forgot one...the "Life Coaches". Seriously, everyone I've ever met who says their occupation is a "Life Coach" is the LAST person I would ever go to when I needed advice, counsel, etc. If the life coaches, super nannies, and Dr. Phils of the world all got together and had kids, I'm pretty sure it would be the most annoying person in all time. Kind of like that guy "Puck" from the old "Real World". You forgot one…the “Life Coaches”.

Seriously, everyone I’ve ever met who says their occupation is a “Life Coach” is the LAST person I would ever go to when I needed advice, counsel, etc.

If the life coaches, super nannies, and Dr. Phils of the world all got together and had kids, I’m pretty sure it would be the most annoying person in all time. Kind of like that guy “Puck” from the old “Real World”.

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