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What do you think of Supernanny?

sunnyday016sunnyday016 member
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I'm watching and I was just wondering the AP take on her techniques-thoughts?
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Re: What do you think of Supernanny?

  • cateyecateye
    I was watching Supernanny the other day and thinking about this, too.  I used to really like her before I had a kid. . .but not so much any more.  I like her emphasis on involving the kid and she normally does a good job picking up on what is/isn't working for the family, but she also has very specific ideas of what is "appropriate," which I don't think are always very AP. . .
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  • brideofaussiebrideofaussie

    To be honest I haven't watched much since I had DS (so correct me if I'm wrong) but to my recollection she seems pretty AP in that she looks past bad behavior to see *why* the child is misbehaving.  Now the actual discpline might not be too AP but the fact that she doesn't use violence to discpline children is nearly unthinkable to some parents and I like that she is a prominent example of how to discpline w/o violence.

    Really her biggest techniques are time out and rewards posters of some kind or another.  Oh, and actually spending quality time w/ your kids and really getting to know them.  Confused  I'll never understand why parents have kids and then don't want to spend time with them or dont' want to get to know them.  And so often it's parents with lots of kids.  I don't get that at all.

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  • mrstarawalshmrstarawalsh member
    For the most part I like her. I don't agree with certain things (ie her stance on cosleeping) but I think she's spot on with how to discipline and how to get to the root of the problem.
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  • eml569eml569
    I generally like her. I'm not a big fan of her nighttime sleep techniques (continually putting your child back in bed without looking/talking, then sitting with your back to them while the kiddo SCREAMS at you isn't very AP in my book).  But I think the families have gone past any sort of reasonable technique and discipline by the time they call the show. 
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  • mrstarawalshmrstarawalsh member

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    I generally like her. I'm not a big fan of her nighttime sleep techniques (continually putting your child back in bed without looking/talking, then sitting with your back to them while the kiddo SCREAMS at you isn't very AP in my book).  But I think the families have gone past any sort of reasonable technique and discipline by the time they call the show. 

     

    It's funny. I did try doing her sleep technique after my son started cosleeping with his dad again while I was at work at night, then expecting to kick me out of the bed when I was home. We tried it, for four freakin' hours. The child is hard willed. It doesn't work for us, and at this point cosleeping is really the only way all of us get a good night's sleep!

     But I agree with you, by the time the show is called, desperate intervention is needed.

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