I love this woman. She is to parenting what Jamie is to school dinners. No, shes better than that! So straightforward, everyone should watch and learn.
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Poshbaggirl ·
10/08/2011 22:06
....and shes stuck her neck out and done it on television. Unlike us with all our opinions hiding behind our MN names. 
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valiumredhead ·
10/08/2011 23:08
I don't like the way the child is forced back and back and back onto the step. I think it's distressing and drags out the punishment too much. Okay, a punishment isn't meant to be fun, but I don't really see what this kind of thing teaches
It teaches the child that you will stick to your word and follow through with a punishment/time out - which is what is usually lacking before Jo arrives on the scene.
There WILL be a follow up programme next week - said so on tonight's programme. So there 
thecaptaincrocfamily ·
10/08/2011 23:08
mmm, I do like JF because she uses simple methods. Positive and negative reinforcement is standard procedure when training anything from children, to horses and dogs 
and it always works ( having tried it on all the above! ). I always find it interesting to hear from parents of dc with ADHD. I have used these techniques in a professional capacity on a labelled child.......turned out that the child wasn't ADHD, just needed firmer boundaries by his mother and had middle child syndrome.
youarekidding ·
11/08/2011 07:57
"54321 Wed 10-Aug-11 23:04:34
pleasekeepcalmandcarryon said it - no follow-up programme revisiting the families after a year or two says it all."
There have been follow up programmes and valiumredhead has says there will be more.
Obviously they can edit these too so now sure of the 'value' but they do do them.
I do like her no nonsense approach. I like the fcat she never blames children or labels them naughty but tells the the behaviour is naughty/ unacceptable.
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BertieBotts ·
11/08/2011 08:25
I agree LewisFan. Much more effective to say "Do" sentences than Don't" ones. It's not that hard to do once you get into practice. It might seem like a small and insignificant change but it's horrible to hear yourself saying "Don't do this, don't do that" all day, reframing the sentence makes for a better general atmosphere and also
Sticking to your word is an important principle, yes, but if you're always using generic punishments like this, it doesn't teach the child not to misbehave, it only teaches them not to do it when you're likely to find out about it. They're learning you disapprove of what they are doing, but they aren't learning why it's wrong, or what to do in that situation instead - they have to figure this out for themselves, and if they get it wrong or they can't do that, they end up on the naughty step again! I just think it's better to help them work out what to do when they are angry, sad, want something, etc. And I think you can go too far with sticking to your word. It's okay to back down once in a while if you realise you were wrong. Obviously I'm not talking about situations where you change your mind just because you can't be bothered to follow through.
I don't think I've ever got on with anyone who described themselves as "no-nonsense", especially in relation to children - the phrase to me implies "simplistic and closed-minded" - then again they probably think of me as far too soft and wishy washy 
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