Jo Frost: Nanny on Tour

Jo Frost: Nanny on Tour

I had mixed feeling while watching this show. Being the mom of seven, especially the mom of a blended family with a husband that travels all week..I just don’t get it. 

Having a lot of children, I understand the frustration these parents feel. I certainly understand the frustration patrons in the restaurants, library, and even church feel when little ones act out. We have had to leave our share of places when one or more of the little ones had a meltdown. What I don’t understand is the parents letting their children behave they way they do – and then wonder why their children won’t listen to them.

The principals Nanny Jo teaches are solid and will work once you get your child’s attention. But you can’t “discuss” things with a four year old as they are on the floor kicking and screaming.

I look at our grown children and watch how they interact with their children. They have to deal with the same two year old meltdowns, the same issues with biting, kicking or refusing to get in the car seat..BUT they also know that for the most part, there is no negotiation or discussion. There is no need to raise voices or get all upset trying to deal with a two year old that doesn’t want to buckle their belt. Too bad, so sad.. END of discussion!

Maybe I am getting old. We have ten soon to be eleven grandchildren and I honestly was embarrassed at how these parents let their children behave. It wasn’t the children that needed a time out….it was the parents. Children act just like we train them.

Tonight was the kick off of the new UP series, Jo Frost: Nanny on Tour.

With four kids under the age of nine, it takes a village to raise the Whisonant family… but even that may not be enough.  With two stressed out grandmothers, and a mom who copes with frenzied cleaning, this multi-generational household is having a hard time getting the kids under control.

In the show, Jo will be traveling around working with a new family each week that desperately needs help. Before she arrives, she will monitor the family’s behavior from her mobile RV office, via surveillance cameras which the family agrees to have placed throughout their home, and then will hit the ground running. Using a combination of well-honed techniques, sincerity, love and humor, Jo will pinpoint each family’s challenges and give parents practical tools that they can implement on their own. Jo will make sure each family stays on track with the homework assignments they are given and will rejoice in their progress and counsel them during setbacks.

 

Nanny Jo Productions was founded by Jo Frost to focus on producing quality, authentic and purposeful family programming. For over a decade, Frost, has created, co-produced and executive produced such shows as “Supernanny” “Extreme Parental Guidance” and “Family Matters” ITV, as well as her latest international series “Jo Frost Nanny on Tour.”

 

Jo Frost is a revered and beloved global parenting expert, bestselling author and television personality who has been in our living rooms for over 10 years executive producing and starring in a variety of her own television shows including “Supernanny,” “Family Matters,” “SOS,” “Extreme Parental Guidance” and “Jo Frost: Nanny on Tour.” Her six books on parenting, including her most recent (NAPPA Award Winning), Jo Frost’s Toddler Rules, have become the go-to guides for child-rearing. Frost’s direct yet caring style has helped millions of families across the world to achieve desired results. Frost is the most recognizable and trusted parental expert and family advocate worldwide and she has spent more than twenty five years executing professional and highly-effective tools and advice that are televised to (and read by) millions of families across the globe making an influential impact in the way parents choose to raise their families. It is well documented that Frost has always had a natural gift for connecting with children on their own level, and for bonding both parent and child organically. She has honed her successful methods of child-rearing with hands-on, real-life experience. Frost has encouraged and helped parents with different child-rearing challenges — from potty training and sibling rivalry to sleep concerns and tantrums — and continues to place practical solutions into homes, whether the problems are extreme or everyday challenges.

 

For more information or to connect with either UPtv or JoFrost connect with them on social media.

• Twitter – @UPtv and @jo_frost
• Hashtag – #NannyJo
• Official websites of UPtv and JoFrost
• Instagram – UP_TV

 

Promotional materials and images provided by Rogers & Cowan Media