How can someone who doesn't even have children be an expert when it comes to raising them? What would a person possibly know about the subject with no first hand experience? I would consider taking advice from a person who has already raised children that have grown up to be fine, productive, outstanding adults, but from an educated baby-sitter, never.

Oh, puh-leeze! How many excellent sport coaches (football, basketball, etc.) can perform like the superstars on the field or court??? It takes detachment and observation to teach how to do something well, and that is what I see Supernanny as being: a coach who is able to get errant players back on track and into the wholly worthwhile game of raising children. Ms. Frost teaches the leadership skills that parents need to guide their children and these can only be learned in the classroom called life. Have you actually watched the show? If not, you might change your mind after seeing it.

I agree, i have a degree in law but at the minute i am a stay at home mum with two girls and a minder of my two nephews, now i wouldn't consider writing a book on law but i would be willing to give anyone advice or help in the area of child behaviors and how they react to your bahaviour, i have had the experience of bringing many different behaviours together and trying to get them to connect on familiarities, to work and play together. But the distinction is, that when my nephews or any other child that is in my care goes home, in still a mother! I Put My girls to bed and get them up in the morning and i can't decide to take a week off!

How can you make judgement if you have never watched Supernanny? This special lady has a special gift with children. My children are grown now and I am a grandmother but it doesn't matter I have watched Supernanny since the program has aired on television. I think she is totally wonderful, not only that she has helped family's all over the United States. Children of her own or not, you couldn't ask for a better person to help in the aid of caring for your children in the proper way. As long as Supernanny is on the air I will always watch her programs no matter how old I am, I look forward to see the family's she touched, walking away with triumph each and every time. You rock Supernanny, may they make more special people like you.

Forget superman, forget spiderman, forget supergran, go supernanny your the real hero!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Male doctors treat female issues, don't they? How do they know what it's like? They've read or studied women's health and do what works. Same for Jo, she KNOWS what she's doing....and any GOOD parent would see that right away! Don't judge her for not having kids and telling people with kids what to do...she has a proven track record and has earned her stripes. I wish she did have kids because our society can use better raised ones. The 'happy' kid is not a good one. Raise GOOD kids, people!! They'll be happy naturally if they just grew up to be GOOD. Morals, love, kindness...not these entitled monsters with no manners and bad tempers of today. Brutal punks and bitches walk our streets nowadays.

Just because she doesn't have any children of her own that doesn't mean that she doesn't have any experience. No she may not have to spend 24 hours a day 7 days a week with her own kids but Nannys have plenty of experience. I have recently watched a few episodes and being a mother myself she seems to be very knowledgeable. I am not able to be a stay at home mom and I have great respect for my day care provider. When you can't take care of your children yourself who better to care for them than an educated babysitter.

I think she is cute and she can make a rich man happy with some
happy kids. How can a pertty lady not want some of her own.
She is just as cute as she can be, pretty smile, speak so sweet,
and lovely eyes,YOU Go Girl. having your own is a gift from God.

You basically just said that rich and beautiful people are more entitled to children than everyone else. Although, I agree that she SHOULD have kids, she'd clearly by a wonderful mom, and there's always a shortage of those, i also never see her "making a rich man happy." She doesn't live to please others.

In my opinion, she would feel too much pressure, for the rest of her life, if she chose to have children. Everyone would be on the lookout for news about how she was coping, or not coping. When the kids were older, they would be hunted by the paparazzi for inside stories on whether or not they felt she was a good mother. They would be forever wondering if the people closest to them were going to sell their stories to the highest magazine bidder.
It would be no life for a child, no matter how "Super" their mother was. I can really understand why she wouldn't want children. Anyone think she SHOULD still have them and bring them up in that kind of environment?
With her love for children, and wanting to improve the situation of families who were struggling to cope, why would she create a strained and hostile environment to bring her own kids up in? Yes she would love them, and would be able to cope with them, and would be able to discipline them with love, and would be able to raise them to become wonderful young adults, but she's not irresponsible or selfish enough to have kids for the sake of it, and put them under that kind of scrutiny from everyone they would encounter in life.
Think about it.

I disagree. Kids are not always a blessing from God. They can be a nightmare. People need to be honest. I know people who regret having kids because they are such a headache, stressful. I am happy I don't have any

I think the comment: "How can someone who doesn't even have children be an expert when it comes to raising them?" quite silly really I think not having childern a brilliant basis to help other parents as it gives a detached view and a non-biased way to help them! She has done this job for 19 years alot longer than most of us have been parents I think thats makes her qualified if not more as she has seen probably much more than us as we really will be bringing up her won children and she has been in contact with probably thousands! If it was not for Jo Frosts techniques I would be going lala!!

How can a doctor know soo much about diseases, disorders, illnesses, medicines and what not....surely only from experience!
right Josh?
Dont be soo ignorant people... Because according to your theory only people that go thru something can know something about that thing? If your doctor or dentist had loads of "personal" experience rather than "knowledge" would you trust them more?

i think she's doing very good with the naughty kids and also she's very nice and good to the children and that's what's matters

I love JoJo whether she has kids or not, she is a phenomenal lady.
I am a happily married 37 yr old woman and my hubby and I do not feel the need for kids.
We have soooo much free time to do what we want, when we want.
We can take off on a whim and stay gone as long as we want.
Honestly, I think we have it made. :)
We love kids alot, especially when it's time for them to go home. lol
Call us bad, but we LOVE our life.

I agree with josh she dosen't have kids she basiclly is insulting mothers that have worked very hard to raise there kids with no help at all, and then she comes around and is saying that she basiclly knows everything about raising children. When the episod is over everyone is fine and doing what the nanny said but were does it go back to those people and show that they are still using those methods I mean its television and not one person can know how to deal with everything a child does wrong with no experince at all and plus some of the methods are not that well because "the corner or naughty chair" does not work if the chid repidly goes back and does the exact same thing.

YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO HAVE KIDS...ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME! I AGREE WITH JOSH AND CHONDRA. TRISH YOU MAKE NO SENSE BECAUSE YOU'RE COMPARING A REAL DOCTOR TO JUST AN ORDINARY PERSON WHO THINKS THEY KNOW HOW TO DISCIPLINE KIDS...WE ALL THINK WE CAN DO THAT. A REAL DOCTOR HAS A DEGREE AND HAS TO STUDY UPON DIFFERENT DISEASES, DISORDERS, ECT TO PROVE THEY ARE ABLE TO DO THE JOB...GET IT, PROVE. SHE DON'T HAVE ANY WELL DISCIPLINE SUCCESSFULLY RAISED KIDS...SHE CAN'T PROVE ANYTHING!!!!! YEAH RIGHT! WHAT SHE CALL HERSELF TEACHING ONLY WORKS WHEN THE CAMERAS ARE ROLLING. I'M SURE THOSE KIDS GO BACK TO DOING WHAT THEY BEEN DOING ONCE SHE AND THE CAMERAS ARE GONE. YOU THINK YOU CAN PUT YOUR BAD CHILD IN A FREAKIN NAUGHTY SPOT AND EXPECT THEM TO OBEY AND STOP BEING BAD. NOPE...THE BIBLE SAYS SPARE THE ROD, SPOIL THE CHILD. THEY'LL CONTINUE TO DO WHAT THEY WANT. JUST LIKE CHONDRA SAID, IT WON'T WORK IF THEY CONTINUE TO BE BAD. A NAUGHTY OR CHILL OUT CHAIR...WHAT IS THAT!? THEY NEED A WHOOPIN..PLAN AND SIMPLE!!! I GUARANTEE THEY'LL REMEMBER THAT PAIN AND NOT WANNA ACT UP AS OFTEN. HER METHODS OF DISCIPLINING A CHILD DO NOT WORK IN THE REAL WORLD. SHE'S A JOKE! IT'S A ENTERTAINING SHOW THOUGH..LMBO.

It sounds like you have never watched the show in your life! Jo frost has proven techniques that have helped many families. And the children are not necessarily "bad kids", they just haven't been given the correct rules or guidelines and they don't know what's expected of them. Her proof is in all the people she has helped.

Jo Frost's techniques are only work in the situation where every single person is focused only on the child. I am a stay at home mom and can tell you that her method of time outs with my two year old, simply do not work. I have spent mor than an hour just trying to get him to stay in his seat and then by that time its hard for me to even remember why he is there, much less him. Where is the correction in that? It's works a little better with my five year old who I can explain as to why he is going to time out but it really does not seem effective even with him.

You have obviously never seen the show. Also, she has more experience with a wider array of children and personality types than any single parents. Also, it's not like she invented her techniques, they are just fine-honed things that good parents with successful children had figured out on their own.

You do not have to have children to be experienced. Anyone who has ever had or been a nanny knows this. She does have first hand experience because she is a nanny. She has taken care of everyone ELSE'S children. Everything she has learned through education is practiced on the THOUSANDS of children she has provided care for and now she uses both her education and experiences to help parents using the same techniques that she has seen work. She has worked with all ages and every family she has helped has seen success. Everyone who has said that you have to have children is just plain stupid. I have a 2 year old myself and before that I was a nanny and I know you don't have to have children. Spanking however is an old school method and it does not work on today's children. it worked on me as a child but it has never worked on my daughter and I have given her some pretty bad spankings, but guess what, the naughty corner works wonders. She hates being there because she hates being bored. After being in the corner she does what ever I ask her to do and Jo has never been to my house or met my child so she has proven to me that what she is teaching people works. Every time I have spanked her she just went right back to doing it. To be so "wise" Wise One, you sure are dumb.

Kids or not she knows what she is doing!

I used to say the same thing, but just having kids doesn't make you instantly able to parent. I have three myself, and I learned some much from Jo. I never thought I would. That disciple can be conquered with results! That isn't so hard once you figure out where your going wrong. I love that she teaches that it is about teaching that bad behavior is unacceptable and their is a consequence, plain and simple no discussing it with them. Soon after produces results. NO yelling , screaming etc. but it takes patience and a strong will to overcome the kids bad behavior.

In resopnse to comment #1

I am a preschool teacher. Ill tell you first hand that you do not have to be a parent to understand children. Parents ask me all the time why their children listen to me and not to them. The answer is simple, for starters I am the one with them all day five days a week and I am very fun yet stern and know how to handle them. Honestly children do not despise that they actually thrive for it and respond well.
If I were a parent and seeking help with my children I would gladly take advice from one who has had more experience with children than I may have. To be an early childhood educator many classes are required in order to receive a bachlors degree. That being said I have taken these classes and have learned more about children than one may ever need to know. Therefore I feel that I am more qualified parent children than some others who haven't a clue.

Being a doctor or a dentist is of no comparison to being a parent. Just FYI.

yeah, its WAY better and more respectable!

I can umderstand where Jo is coming from. I never wanted kids either. Hell, after all she has seen from other parents..I wouldn't want kids either. I just simply love everything about her. You don't have to have kids to do what she does. Most of you sound silly as hell and uneducated.

I'm a 33 year old woman without children. I watch "Supernanny," on channel 176 everyday, you know, the re-runs, and I am just loving it. Totally addicted. Jo always seems so calm when faced with out of control children. I love how she talks to the child as she is disciplining them -It's the tone of her voice -it almost puts you in a trance, and you just feel calm. I bet that's one of the reasons the kids respond so well to the discipline. Imagine yourself adult -or-child just getting that anxious -tense-I'm losing it feeling inside-totally overwhelming you- and then picture a really soothing voice, talking you down. I watched this one episode recently with this nine year old girl, who in a fit of rage, was hitting, & scratching Jo all over her arms. She just contained the girl. She didn't even appear fazed. After a couple of seconds, the child just stopped raging.

thats what i say like whats with her i love her and she is my idol and all but you would think she would at least be married!

Umm. That is sort of stupid logic that just because Jo doesn't have children she doesn't know what she's talking about. Male gynecologists don't have vagina's, but they do know what they are talking about!! Don't make such ignorant comments without thinking it through!!

doesnt matter if jo has kids or not or even if she is married or not the fact that she has been a nanny for over 20yrs should count for a lot in the fact that she know's what its all about, i think she is great and some times has me in tears with some one the kids she has to put up with but more to the point some of the parents omg some of them have no clue and if jo can go in and short them out will good on her keep it up jo you are the best

The one thing that no one (at least in the US) seems to notice is that she is NOT particularly educated. Is it the accent that causes someone with bad (absolutely incorrect) grammar, and a very lower class style of speaking to be perceived and trusted as an authority? It almost looks as if the parents on most of these shows are just so unequipped or worn out that any help at all is accepted without question.

Are you saying that people of a lower class should not be trusted? And that because she doesn't have the best grammar that she could not be great teacher? That's such an old fashioned and ridiculous point of view.

Any linguist will tell you that her grammar is just fine. She speaks in a manner that is comfortable yet firm, as to not put someone off to the point where they will not be willing work with her. Her communication skills (whatever her level of grammar) serve her very well. To assume that someone who does not meet YOUR grammatical standards is not knowledgeable or is unintelligent, is an inaccurate assumption! She obviously is very good at what she does, otherwise the show would have been canceled after the first season. The fact that you have viewers comment about their success with her strategies is further proof in the pudding. =)

Had you done your research before writing Jo is NOT particularly educated, you would know that she IS educated. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Child Behaviour/Social Work and a Master's degree in Child Behaviour. Please do us all a favour and conduct some research prior to launching such ignorant statements.

Jo speaks with a London accent and syntax. She has far more brains than these witless pathetic parents who are afraid to discipline their kids.

She's not educated? It a gaggle she's British they use different sayings than us! I think she's very educated and I'm sure ur not.

This Jo Jo bird gets my heckles up badly when it comes to her dealing with OTHER peoples kids. She seems a really sincere person in what shes trying to do but im sorry if you haven't got any kids of your OWN you can not possibly know what a parent goes through DAY IN DAY OUT everyday with your kids no matter how much NANNY YEARS EXPERIENCE SHE HAS!!! How long does she stay with the family??? Not even a week!!!! hahahaha!! I got 5 kids all big boisterous boys aged from 15, 11, 6 ,18 months, 16 weeks!!!! I`d love for her to come stay at my house with me and my mrs for a MONTH and see if she doesn't lose her rag and shout at my lot as much as i love them cos your running around ragged after them and trying to catchup on sleep constantly!!! Things are always being smashed, juice cups being thrown in rage, scratching and biting lol!!! Do you think i manage to control my kids using the naughty step???? hahaha!!! Please!!!!! She loves kids so much she doesn't want any of her own!!!! Yeah cos she knows at the end of an episode she gets paid and leaves!!!!!!!

#22 Call the show guy now and get some help before you unleash your out of control kids on the world. There is still time to take control - Jo has helped families with large families like yours including teenagers. Please get help for your kids sake, you do them no favor by raising them with little or no self control. Obviously, there are a host of different techniques for dealing with older children. Consistency is key - I know from the experience of raising my sons now 20 and 24 and living away at college. Thank God. Good luck Baron!

Before you start spouting how people should bring up their children LIMABEAN i think you should learn to READ properly!!! My eldest is 15 not 18!!! 2ndly, where in my comment do you see me asking for help??? You know nothing about my situation or my children yet you blurt YOU DECIDED TO HAVE 5 CHILDREN. How do YOU know if I DECIDED to have 5 children?? How do YOU know if my children are with the same woman??? How do you know if I have any step children??? How do you know if any of my childrens mothers have passed away??? YOU DONT SO STOP BEING SO IGNORANT!!! 3rdly the point i was trying to make is that reading a parenting book is not going to make you a GOOD PARENT the same as reading a book a about being a manager of a supermarket doesnt make you a great manager!!! YOU STILL NEED WORK EXPERIENCE!! 4thly, I worked as a prison officer at Oakhill Young Offenders 12 to 18yr olds in Milton Keynes for 2 an a half years. So lets just say i know a fair bit about kids behaviour on whats acceptable and whats not. My house is mad at times but i got it on LOCK. Until JOJO has kids of her own only then she will really know what a parent goes through day in day out. When shes had kids and shes knackerd from no sleep and its PMT week lets see if she will be wanting use the naughty step and making colorful charts!!!!

#9 - Spare the rod, spoil the child? Are you out of your mind? CHildren are not cows and horses. The only thing hitting accomplishes is teaching your kids that violence is acceptable behaviour. If you have to resort to hitting your kids, you are NOTHING more than an animal yourself with ZERO self discipline. Why don't you try a little harder, READ some parenting books and inform yourself. If you think you can learn all you need to know from the Bible, you are sorely mistaken. Wake up!

#22. Get control of your life. YOU decided to have 5 children so deal with it. No one says it will be a cake walk and that things will not get hairy but clearly scratching, biting and things thrown in rage should never be considered acceptable behaviour esp given that your elder children are 6, 11 and 18. If you don't teach your children, who will? Besides, i know plenty of large families and they don't have the problems you describe. That only means one thing in my mind, you lack parenting skills and need some training. Read a book. Get some control in your life.

As for whether JoJo has kids or not. Who cares. It seems to me that her blog is not that she won;t have kids its that if she is going to have them she wants it to be a shared experience with someone special. As for her not having kids and being qualified to give advice, be realistic. There are plenty of daycare workers that do not have kids, that manage five 3 year olds for hours a day each and are capable of doing it without violence and without yelling and the kids are all happy and well adjusted and respectful of their caregivers. If they can do it, you can too.

i was in care when i was a child and i have a 13 and 15 year old who live with dad who drink alot and they want to live with me but social worker are saying no because i do not have parenting skill

She doesn't need to be a mother to be able to give advice to parents regarding parenting. Firstly, she has plenty of experience with kids, given that she has been an actual nanny in the past. Secondly, she has studied in the field! What more do you need other than clearly seeing the positive changes she brings about in the families and kids appearing on the show?! It's obvious that she knows what she's talking about - don't be ridiculous!!!!

Supernanny is a good woman and her naughty chair and corner work well for my kids plus she is right with many things she says about kids! it is a shame that she don't have kids but that is no crime! my mother had 12 kids and she agree's with most of supernannys ways of doing things!!

When you first have a child every parent will have No Idea what there meant to do! Only with time and experience you will begin to realise what's good for your child. It's being around children that gives you the experience of how to raise them, and even then alot of parents fail, very sad considering there the parents and they know there children more than anyone! I am not saying that about all parents as some are very good. I also believe that sometimes parenting can be really tough, it's obviously not an easy responsibilty.

However I would also like to say that although supernanny has no kids she has 19 years experience and she is around children alot, this is what gives u the experience not giving birth to a child, that doesn't make you a parent anyone can have a baby ( apart from those u can't for medical reasons) it's the time and love that you give to children that bring out the best in them. Yes supernanny has qualifications, but mostly it's experience, as long as you hsve the experince then that's the most important. You can have all the qualifications in the world, but without hands on experience forget it, it's pointless.

Supernanny may not have children and even if she did, what real difference would it make, she practically spends alot of time with them anyone,. Most parents work nowdays so they only spend a short evening with them anyway, with supernanny she spends alot more time with children, she needs her own time too like everyone eles does!

Suppernanny has to teach parents how to raise there kids because they failed to take on this responsibility, there may have been reasons for that, but nevertheless that's a fact. Supernanny has changed the lives of so many families who could of deal with there OWN Children and the results have been life changing and amazing.

So people who want to be negative about her really need to shut up and bite there lips. If parents were so damm amazing and knew there kids so well, then we wouldn't have supernanny around. The failure is on the parents not supernanny, at least she changes the lives of the familes and bring them happiness. Yes we do fail and makes mistakes as humans and am not saying bringing up kids is easy, but supernanny is THE BEST AND AMAZING. SHE WOULD MAKE THE BEST MUM IN THE WORLD. It's her life....

it drives me bloody mad when people with out kids think they can tell you what to do and how to handly them when they av never been in that situation they av never ad kids 24/7 to drive them mad to get to the point were you want to rip your own head off. and the people she helps ha ha ha i wonder how long they stay nice for .

Hello wake up !!! these parents contact her to come and help , really its not wrong to get help from someone that knows what she is doing and not even talk about exp , all these people leaving neg comments about Jo Jo !!!!!!!!!!! need to stop !!!!!!! taking it seriously , because she is great , common wake up people!!!!!!!!! like you lot really want to allways take something good and turn it evil ..... :(

That's what child education teaches people who don't have kids. She has more knowledge than some parents because she took the time to specialize in child behavior. Most parents don't take classes on how to rear their children or child behavior classes. If they did, they wouldn't have these issues and there would be no need for Super Nanny.

Jo has done some wonderful work with other peoples children but how can she experience the full effect of being a parent if she doesn t have one of her own. Dont misunderstand what im saying its just simple statistics

Stop hatin' on Jojo! She's great at what she does, from watching the show she deals with kids a hell of a lot better than most of the parents. You don't need to have kids to know how to deal with them and discipline them.

you got your own kids
at home

Thats the grounds for the whole debate, she can discipline kids and make no mistake she shows empathy, but she goes back to a hotel room and has a good nights rest for a few nights before the next job! I Think we be all pretty good mothers if we were on the same schedule!

i would marry her anyday!! She's pretty!

Her advice helps me every day raising my 2 year old

Thank you Jo

wii you jo have anny children

I love her show and think that what she does it absolutely amazing! Her advice is great and she helps keep families together. Who cares if she does not have any children. She obviously has an education and her methods of discipline for the children work.

i think she should have kids. there would be know problem for her. i don't get why she wouldn't want to after all the expierence with children. i wish i could meet her, though!!!!!

help us 5 kids under 6 and out of control

Many parents are lousy these days. Some aren't. When each of them raised their first child, they winged it, yet not all of them improved on the second or third child. Having children is irrelevant to whether or not one has the potential to be a skilled parent or guardian. Jo is terrific at her job due to her professional experience for many years as a nanny, her obvious smarts, her common sense, and the balance she displays between firm discipline and emotional empathy.

the lord loves those that He disciplines! Great principle

I don't understand why people are getting so upset in these comments. If you don't like the show, don't watch it. (My husband and I cut one short, but it was because of incredibly lazy parents who left things to the nanny

I forgot to mention I love her accent as well as (especially) her manners. I just love how she shakes hands with the kids and says "How do you do? Pleased to meet you." GREAT example.

we need her number for our children please

i think supernanny is fantastic at what she does. I could have done with her with my last child who was very testing to say the least. Keep up the good work Jo.

Jo does not need children to be an expert. No one needs to have children to understand children. Children (after all) are just new young humans. Jo understands human behavior and knows techniques to calm and control to allow these people (albeit young) to calm down so they can focus on positive development. Her techniques are the same techniques judges use on adult "humans." When you go to family law court (yes, I practice in family law), the judge calmly tells you what s/he expects. Then off you go. If you don't listen, the judge tells you again to obey the command. If it does not work, the judge puts you in the naughty corner (so to speak..), and each time the expectation is delivered, and there is consequence to noncompliance. Same in other courts. It is a very simple technique. So, why does she need to have children to have skill with children? Just b/c you can have children does not mean you are good with children. And just because you do not have children does not mean you do not know how to handle children.

Orphan Kids Need help us
Jo Frost

She is amazing. I respect her opinion. After watching her show it seems as though she really does know her stuff. The children really do seem to act better behaved!

Jo Jo is GREAT.... :) Would everyone just keep those bad comments to themselves. Whether she has kids or not, she does a GREAT job. That is why she has a TV series and sooo many people around the world watch it..:)

i dont think you need to have had children of your own to do the work jo does.
jo shows great talent and commonsense in the way she handles the children, but more to the point she tells the parents just what they are going wrong. lets face it its usually the parents not the children who are at fault.

jo frost is fantastic

Does Super Nanny every have any families when she can't control the kids? Just wondering. She is just so amazing and I love to watch her. My kids are grown and I am so thankful they were so good. I feel so blessed when I see how some families have to struggle with their kids. Good Job Super Nanny!

i think she dose have children but she knows a lot about children

I love suppernanny, i dont kno what i wold do with my hyer child. i put alot of her tecneques into play and so far they work. I wish somday to have Jo in my home.
love always
Libby kirk

People aren't machines that follow rules, they are more complex. Although I like the show supernanny, I definitely think that working as a childcare worker and being a parent are very different. I have done both jobs, the key distinction is that parenting is a 24 hour job. This makes things very difficult for parents. Jo needs to show more compassion for the parents. She can't because she hasn't gone through sleepless nights for years on end; teething then working full time after no sleep; the unrelenting responsibility of looking after a child while you are sick with the flu. Her lack of compassion for the parents is a sign of her lack of experience.

I would disagree #54. She doesn't show compassion to the parents because that's the way the show is cut. I have seen her be very compassionate (and cry) when the situation calls for it.

Having looked after the children of parents who have made them insecure and petulant little monsters, I actually have a huge respect for the fact that she CAN control other peoples kids. Do you know how hard it is to discipline someone else's child when they are not willing to follow through?

I should also like to add that none of you know what kind of Nanny she was. She may have been a live-in Nanny who stayed with one family for years before hitting the big time - if this is the case, she definitely WOULD have the necessary experience of sleeplessness etc.

Also, the show is misleading. She has stayed with parents overnight before but the key to her techniques is giving the parents the tools to do it themselves. There would be no point her staying there for five years and doing it for them because the minute she left, everything would be chaos. Jo gives parents the tools, it is then up to them to use them. Her leaving gives them the chance to build their confidence and realise they can do it without her.

I think the other thing to remember is that the parents are ADULTS and should be in control, they shouldn't require coddling by Jo to be given good advice. They need to be told the stark, cold truth so that they can make changes. How would it help if she went in and said "you're wonderful parents, leave it to me", then disciplined the children herself as a live-in Nanny for a few months? What possible long-term good will that do for the family?

They need to be self sufficient, confident and become a family unit that works together. I believe she helps them do that.

there's always some person ready to devalue good works I only wish that Jo had been around for me ande my family.

Wow! I love Joe sooooo much and I really look up to her a lot! I thought that she would of had kids but it turns out that she doesn't! I thought that she got all her techniques by trying them on her own kids but it turns out that she doesn't have any. How does she think of the techniques?

I so understand wherd ~jo is coming from, I' m a drama practitioner specilising in enhancing the social behaviours of children and young people with challenging issues. I am extremely good at what I do and am fantasic with kids and great as a parent to my nbieces and nephews. I however have no deep seated need for kids. Jo Frost you are great stuff

i am a grandmother of 9 grandkids and i have 2 boys and 1 girl .my daughter recently left her boyfriend and she has 3 children 2 boys ages 4 and 7 and 1 girl age 11 .she is haveing a very hard time with trying to raise them on her own , mid you she does get help from us but right now her boys are very hyper and her daughter can have an bad attitute at times and is very moody sometimes too she really needs desperate help in getting back on the right track with these kids she really could use your help . she watches you on tv and so do i when we can get the channel.we love your tv shows and i know that if you could come here you would be able to straighten everything out for her and her kids please she desperately needs your help.

I think she doesnt know what she is doing. It is easy to give advise.. I knew what was wrong with everyones kids and how to fix it until I had my own. It is one thing to counsel and give advice, it is another thing to live it day in and day out.

oh well helps all of us in one of the most annoying thing ... children!!

I think that who ever said Jo"is the devil version of Mary Poppins" is the most mean spirited thing anyone could say about this miracle worker of a public servant

I don't understand how someone who does not have children can tell someone else what to do with theirs. Five minute time outs and "naughty circles" just don't cut it. Any normal parent knows children need to have discipline instilled in them from day one. I guess I can have my own show too.

Jo has such insight and compassion - she not only helps parents to parent, she also has prevented marriages from breaking down