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Children for Supernanny? No Way, Jose!

Jo Frost says she doesn't feel that urge that other women feel

By Elena Gorgan, Entertainment News Editor

22nd of September 2006, 09:46 GMT

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The British lady who shot to international fame when a very original reality show hit the airwaves, showing her going into people's homes and helping them cope with their troublesome offsprings, says that 'children' is not the key-word for her.

Jo Frost (36) became even more famous when the twin show of the British one was launched in the US, also featuring her. Since then, she has published a best-selling book and, this week, she is preparing for the second release, called 'Ask Supernanny: What Every Parent Wants to Know'.

Currently single, Jo says that she has no intention of going through all that which the regular moms are living: she doesn't want children. It's not that she places her career first, it's that she doesn't know if she wants to have kids, ever.

Miss Frost explains: 'I can't hear the biological clock going tick, tick, tick, right now. I'm 36 and when I meet somebody and when we decide to we will have children then maybe we will. But maybe we won't have children. I don't feel that urgency that many women have'. But that doesn't mean that she will be giving up her 'job' as counselor to unprepared parents.

Once named by an anthropologist 'the devil version of Mary Poppins', Jo Frost says that what she does stems out of a deep love for children and a need to help families overcome the most difficult years in their lives. 'I certainly don't have horn growing out of my head... I work with the families and I am very dedicated and passionate and what I do makes a difference to families', the Supernanny added.
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Comment #1 by: josh on 30 Mar 2008, 21:14 GMT reply to this comment

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.


Comment #2 by: Erin on 24 Apr 2008, 12:47 GMT reply to this comment

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.


Comment #3 by: timothy epps on 19 Jun 2008, 02:44 GMT reply to this comment

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.

Comment #3.1 by: Alyssa on 15 Oct 2009, 23:05 GMT

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.


Comment #4 by: Bonnie on 09 Oct 2008, 19:27 GMT reply to this comment

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!!


Comment #5 by: Trish on 08 Jan 2009, 14:25 GMT reply to this comment

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?


Comment #6 by: amy on 29 Aug 2009, 16:54 GMT reply to this comment

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


Comment #7 by: Free2BeMe on 27 Sep 2009, 04:54 GMT reply to this comment

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.


Comment #8 by: Chondra on 08 Oct 2009, 01:00 GMT reply to this comment

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.


Comment #9 by: The Wise One on 13 Oct 2009, 06:28 GMT reply to this comment

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.


Comment #10 by: Alyssa on 15 Oct 2009, 23:02 GMT reply to this comment

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.


Comment #11 by: Alicia on 05 Nov 2009, 16:31 GMT reply to this comment

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.


Comment #12 by: Sam on 11 Nov 2009, 00:59 GMT reply to this comment

Kids or not she knows what she is doing!

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