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To be ashamed that I used to look up to 'Supernanny'

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Celticliving · 26/09/2024 23:49

I've been a nanny for over 25 years now. I used to look up to Jo Frost, and I would despair at some of the parents on her show.

Now I know how TV works, I'm a little less shocked but this link shows a family that I remember watching. I think I cringed all the way through but this explains so much.

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGeoTgp2U/

Firstly, the producers used to tell the kids that if they weren't really really badly behaved then they wouldn't get to be on TV..

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Tittat50 · 27/09/2024 00:19

marmaladian · 27/09/2024 00:16

I'm pretty sure that wasn't a speech impediment as it seemed to be the only word she pronounced wrongly.

I didn't read that scene as a reflection of a speech impediment either. I didn't notice any other mispronunciation.

That little girl was hilarious 🤣

YankSplaining · 27/09/2024 00:17

You are unreasonable, because one, you’re blaming yourself for not having knowledge you have now, and two, you didn’t do anything morally wrong.

marmaladian · 27/09/2024 00:16

I'm pretty sure that wasn't a speech impediment as it seemed to be the only word she pronounced wrongly.

marmaladian · 27/09/2024 00:15

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Goodness!!!!

Sharkless · 27/09/2024 00:14

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RenoDakota · 27/09/2024 00:10

I always thought she was as thick as pig shit.

angeldelite · 27/09/2024 00:08

MingingTiles · 27/09/2024 00:01

Unasseptable 😞

Yes, speech impediments are so funny 🙄

angeldelite · 27/09/2024 00:07

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Where’s the proof?

Solent123 · 27/09/2024 00:06

well its a kind of biased opinion, she pretty much admitted her dad hit and shouted at her 10 siblings / half siblings - if he stopped hitting them after JF's intervention then that's a good thing regardless if he didn't like being called out on it.

floppybit · 27/09/2024 00:05

MingingTiles · 27/09/2024 00:01

Unasseptable 😞

Completely unasseptable

Sharkless · 27/09/2024 00:04

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MingingTiles · 27/09/2024 00:01

Unasseptable 😞

angeldelite · 27/09/2024 00:00

I thought Supernanny was great. I like her. Her methods worked.

RightSedFred · 27/09/2024 00:00

The presenters of television programmes like this don't get much say in what is filmed, what is ultimately shown, or what ends up on the cutting room floor.

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Celticliving · 26/09/2024 23:59

Absolutely right. Maybe because it was my line of work that made me believe it all, but either way, I'm sad about it.

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