To think supernanny doesn’t need a come back

I guarantee the nursery only told you about the incidents that left a mark, and that the behaviour was only reported to you when it became a problem the nursery staff couldn't manage.

YANBU, her views are very outdated and harmful

I remember her reprimanding a woman and toddler because he found comfort through breastfeeding. The WHO recommend breastfeeding until at least 2 and beyond IIRC and the benefits are enormous, and Jo behaved like it was something wrong and perverse, spoiling a child rather than them just having their natural comfort. She stood over them as he fed being a right twat to them both.
I also think her methods are shite and looking back there were so many ND kids who were exploited unashamedly.

I follow Megan on social media, she’s a mum herself now and speaks about her experience on the show as a child. She also lost her own mum to cancer recently

Sicko

Yes it worked through sheer bloody fear!!!.....not because the kids were actually in a balanced, happy place to be able to naturally behave 🙄
Crazy parents!

Yes you were. Since you’ve been back, you’ve been more careful what you’re saying but plenty of people can recognise you.

And it was 11 weeks, or so you said, and when people said that went against advice, you said it was safe and called people names. You were banned a few times.

Such lies 😂 i wasnt like that at all. And he was 12 weeks in their own room. Cant even get that right

I know, so we both agree it works, but it's wrong.🤓

This gentle parenting I’ve seen is some of the worst ever. This came about when my kids were little and the amount of anxiety some of these kids had was ridiculous. She actually went into houses where the parents where either to soft or extremely harsh. If you think kids shouldn’t hate their punishments then I’m not shocked we see some of the most feral classrooms in the history of schooling

I’d ignore that poster. In a previous username, she liked to say controversial things and upset people. She was nasty to mums who didn’t breastfeed, to vegans and also argued constantly saying it was safe to put her baby in his own room at only a few weeks old. She’s been banned a few times. Just likes to be controversial. 🙄

Of course - like I said, I don’t agree with it!

It worked, but it's a horrible way to teach children how not to behave.

That used to be totally normal - I have friends who are were bitten by their parents to teach them a lesson - I’m not saying I agree with it but it worked every time!

Smacking is wrong, but even more damaging is shouting and screaming in the faces of young children, I cringe when I see that.

I think the worst case of parenting I have ever heard of was a mother who bit her childs hand after he had bitten his young cousins hand. It actually left teeth marks. She was proud of the fact that he learned a lesson and never bit again.

IMO she was great with those pathetic, wet parents could couldn’t bring themselves ever to say NO! - and stick to it.

I’d really like her to stop pronouncing ‘unacceptable’ as ‘unasseptable’ though…

Hitting him wasn’t ok either.

How exactly did you giving him a smack teach him not to run into a road?

He does but you don't need to do that to show him.
And similarly you don't need time out or a naughty step. The same lessons, rules and boundaries can be communicated. I've never had a row with mine over teeth or dressing or bedtimes.. and no they're not easy well ds1 definitely wasn't
I'm also a teacher who is not a fan of random punishment and woukd only take a child off the playground if they're a danger to others ie not because they're talking jn class etc. I have a very well behaved and disciplined classroom without those type of relationship breakers. So again I say, relationship is key. Tbf to SN, I think she did actually work on relationships but it wasn't as emphasised or as tv ratings friendly as the rest.

I smacked my child yesterday. He ran across the road. He needs to know thats not okay.

Exactly!

Since when did it stop being okay for children to be upset for longer than a minute or two? I find it so bizarre.

Distressed or frustrated?

Apart from smacking, which i think most of us disagree with!

Ok I don't think that is so very different really. Difficult if more than one child another is having a nice time, you effectively punish tbe one not playing up by leaving. As I said above I wpuld give them 2 minutes in the buggy facing the wall, sometimes they went to sleep. I never did the whole apology thing age 2 or 3 I'm not sure that is very meaningful. Anyhow by 3.5 or 4 they were pretty well socialised. Maybe that would have happened anyway, who knows. DSis was still having arguments about for example getting dressed / teeth brushing well into primary school.

A three year old is not a baby 🙄

What a weird attempt at a comparison.

They told her to have kind hands and they modelled behaviour for her to say sorry and check the child she hit was ok. They did NOT put her in ‘time out’. They were consistent in their approach and so was I, at home - reminding her that she needed to have kind hands before she went in. The behaviour lasted about 2 weeks.