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Article: Official: parenting the Supernanny way does not improve behaviour
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- February 2, 2008
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By Sarah Cassidy
Toddlers subjected to Supernanny-style parenting end up behaving
just as badly as other youngsters.
Modern methods of disciplining children, such as those advocated
by the Channel 4 childcare expert, Jo Frost, do little, if anything,
to improve children's behaviour, according to new research published
in the British Medical Journal.
And forcing disobedient toddlers to have "quiet time" to reflect
on their bad behaviour - a technique that has been widely adopted by
British parents - made no difference to children's behaviour, the
study showed.
Researchers in Australia looked at the effects of disciplining
700 children in Melbourne, in Victoria state, from the age of one.
The ...