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Dr Tanya Byron article The Times

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stripeybumpsmum · 29/08/2007 19:29

Yah! Although I generally do think she is fab anyway, I feel alot better about my parenting after reading this article.

women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/families/article2341758.ece

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MarshaBrady · 29/08/2007 19:34

Haven't read her article as have had a gin and tonic hic! and can't concentrate.
But I agree she is brilliant.

The few episodes I saw she got to the psychological source of the problem, rather than an over reliance on naughty steps etc

LittleBella · 29/08/2007 20:20

What a great article, she comes across as such a decent, nice, humane woman.

I'm quite sad she's not doing any more programmes, I thought Little Angels was great. But I'm glad she's written that book, a friend of mine is having a baby at Christmas and I'm going to buy it for her now, hoping she reads it before someone else gives her a hideous tome by She Who Is Allowed To Be Named Nowadays But I Prefer Not To Give Her The Oxygen Of Publicity (or SWIATBNNBIPNTGHTOOP for short. OK maybe SWATPOOP then).

I particularly love the way she said that being a psychologist doesn't make her a better mother, but being a mother makes her a better practitioner. Sterling stuff.

constancereader · 29/08/2007 21:00

Yes, I loved that last comment too LittleBella. It was a really good article.

morgansauntie · 29/08/2007 22:42

I thought it was a really good article as well, there is another one on The Times website already that's going to be in tomorrow's paper with extracts from her book. Very sorry brain to tired to workout how to do the link, the little boy on Supernanny has worn me out and I was only watching!.

I have never hidden the fact that I think Dr Byron is an amazing and inspirational woman this is because information and help I have gained from reading her column in The Times and from watching HOTT has helped me to turn my life around I am now doing things I never thought were possible.

morgansauntie · 29/08/2007 22:52

Thought I should explain I've gone from having a pretty serious social phobia linked to anxiety and depression to working as a volunteer for a small national charity. Recently they asked me to write a piece about 'My Journey' some or all of which is going to used as part of their new media campaign.

The turning point for me was being able to deal with an issue from my past after watching Dr Byron help a mother on HOTT in a similiar situation to mine.

MrsJohnCusack · 30/08/2007 02:20

and it's a lovely photo of her

saltandvinegarcrisps · 30/08/2007 21:21

She is a wonderful lady and her article was refreshingly honest.

I do also like and respect Jo Frost but I find it very hard to go along with her notion that no parent should ever ever shout at their child/children. Goodness me in a perfect world none of us would ever need to but we live in the real world and from time to time the most calm of Mothers must lose the plot and shout. My hubby rarely shouts but boy when he does it sure does the trick and quickly as well. Far easier and quicker than all that naughty step nonsense IMO

I have always thought to much is made of raising children. So many people are obsessed with getting a child out of nappies before they are anywhere near ready and all it does is stress everyone out. Far easier just to wait a few months and have it done and dusted without (much) fuss.

southeastastra · 30/08/2007 21:26

all children are different - shouting at my son definitely doesn't work, he just shouts back and it gets him worked up. different things work for different people.

canadianmum · 30/08/2007 21:29

She is totally fab, despite occassional dodgy eyeshadow .

rantinghousewife · 30/08/2007 21:30

And she's married to DC Perkins!!

canadianmum · 30/08/2007 21:31

or even occasional

startouchedtrinity · 30/08/2007 21:32

I read in her column a few weeks' ago that she was quitting television, and sent her an e-mail thanking her for her programmes - I have learned so much about parenting, about my dcs and about myself and using her techniques we've solved many problems. I too am very sad she won't be making any more parenting programmes, although I understand her reasons.

lovecamping · 30/08/2007 23:17

how can I get info about her clinic and email address?

madamez · 30/08/2007 23:29

I read the articel with interest though I don't watch the parenting programmes and read very few books on parenting. I agree with TB that people are getting scared to trust their instincts, but I don't think it's so much her fault as the fact that for about the last 20 years or so (with far more intensity in the lsat 10) there's been some twat or another being hailed as an 'expert' on how to eat, drink, dress yourself or fuck, when the twat has no idea what he\she is talking about -gradually mundanes have been pushed more and more into this total pasivity where you can't do anything without being told how to by some 'celebrity' or other.

Frankly, I'm still waiting for the likes of 'dr' Gillina Thingy's How to Shit In The Woods programme... I'm sure there's something in the pipleline about how to shit effectively, like our ancestors did, we actually need to stand on our heads and strain with our mouths wide open.....

startouchedtrinity · 31/08/2007 07:49

Lovecamping, I e-mailed her via th eTimes so that might be a place to start. Also would think she has a website so try a google.

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