Natural Family Blog Archive 🌹 The First 20 Years

Heather said:

“Why can’t supernanny see that the helpful help that she gives these tormented families would be so much better if it included helping them attach to each other more, instead of promoting detachment? Oh, that’s right, because she’s a NANNY. Nannies aren’t supposed to attach to their charges, silly me. It’s a sad day that the culture is taking parenting advice from nannies, and really sad that the mothers are listening.”

Check out her cartoon, it was very funny!
I also really appreciated the various comments attached to this post: Scroll down to read them.
Here was my favorite:

“I think these shows are for people who really, really dislike children and resent the work that they represent, but who have enough social conscience to not be overtly abusive. It’s an outlet, a way to heckle mother and children and let off some steam while feeling smug and self-congratulatory about one’s own out of control situation.

I never watched it (I don;t own a TV) but what you are describing sounds so depressing I just do not have words. One of the problems is that one can use editing to support any point of view at all. If you only include footage of children who are having a rough day and make it look like that’s the way it is all the time, and especially accompany it with ironic and snarky voice overs, people who aren’t very media savvy will eat it right up. It’s pitiful.”

I’ve watched super nanny a couple of times and it is just a pathetic show that zeros in on all the negatives of child rearing. Parents are dumped on for the most silly things, and that British accent really gets on my nerves.
The nanny should really find herself a guy and settle down to raise her own children, then do a reality show about her own life.
Jenny Hatch