Article: Official: parenting the Supernanny way does not improve behaviour

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 ...

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