Jo Frost

Jo Frost

Joanne A. "Jo" Frost (born June 27, 1971) is an English nanny and the central figure of the reality television programme "Supernanny". She has also written three books on the subject of child care.

Biography

Frost was born in Londoncite web | url=http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=2:431253~T1 | title=allmovie - Jo Frost - Biography | accessdate=2008-04-17 | publisher=Macrovision Corporation ] to an English father and a Gibraltar-born mother. Jo has more than 19 years experience in child carecite web | url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2006/jul/22/childrensservices.familyandrelationships | title="'You've been very, very naughty'" | date=2006-07-22 | accessdate=2008-04-17 | last=Aitkenhead | first=Decca | publisher=The Guardian ] , working as a nanny in the United Kingdom and the United States, including her work with families on the hit television series, "Supernanny", shown in over 47 countries around the world.

Jo has written three books: "Supernanny: How to Get the Best from Your Children" (ISBN 1-4013-0810-4), "Ask Supernanny: What Every Parent Wants to Know", and "Jo Frost's Confident Baby Care". Her approach to parenting is based on maintaining adult authority in a consistent manner, while creating a safe and peaceful environment for children to thrive. She is known for introducing parents to the concept of "the naughty step", a variation on the "time-out" method. In her book she provides practical solutions for all sorts of behavioural issues including adherence to bed time, meal time conduct, behaviour in public, sibling rivalry and anger management issues.

Parody

In 2006 Jo was spoofed, alongside dog trainer Cesar Millan, on an episode of "South Park" entitled "Tsst."

References

External links

* [http://www.jofrost.com/ Jo Frost's Official website]
* [http://abc.go.com/primetime/supernanny/index?pn=bio Biography of Jo Frost at ABC's website]
*imdb name|id=1751313|name=Jo Frost
* [http://www.supernanny.com/ Supernanny: The official website of the TV show]


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