I wouldn't dream of using any kind of regimented training system (especially one devised by a child-less person) to 'control' my child.
I appreciate it's hard to suffer the sleep deprivation and constant attention required by a baby for instance, then get up for work, but this is the price to be paid if you choose/have to return to work.
Having children means sacrificing everything for at least the first 4 years until they start school.
You have to bend to their will,not the other way round. That's how nature intended things. You were given the neccesary pregnancy and childbirth hormones to cope with the sleep loss and round the clock nurture (something child-less nannies for all their practical experience and emotional connection can never replicate).
Then again, I had a very lax approach to upbringing. Possibly due to being a lone parent with no practical support from the father, I don't actually know how it feels to bring up a child as part of a two person team, I suspect it's far easier :)
One of mine slept through the night from birth to teething. The other was fitful. But I worked around their needs always, in every aspect, and I have two well adjusted young children. I'm knackered, but Iwas prepared to put up with that, as Ithought that was whathavingchildren meant, no easy ride at all.
It's been the hardest but most fulfilling job ever.
What was the question? Oh yes, Jo Frost. My kids would be petrified of her I think. I'm sure she's lovely, and would be great for handling teenagers, but she should stick to being tele crumpet. My parenting skills couldn't be more opposite.