Supernanny Jo Frost slams lazy parents for raising unresilient kids: When did we stop teaching these life skills?
“Supernanny” Jo Frost is laying down some stone-cold truths.The 55-year-old TV personality announced that parents are all but hobbling their children with helpfulness.“I’m going to say something that might make you uncomfortable, so sit tight,” Frost said in a Facebook video.
“We are slowly disabling our children,” she mic dropped.The British reality star explained that she works with families every day and has noticed a disturbing pattern emerge: children who are capable but not being taught.“We’re keeping children in strollers who should be walking, climbing, and building strength,” she said.
“We’ve got four-year-olds still using dummies when they were only ever meant to be a short-term aid,” she added.For the uninitiated, “dummies” is a British term for pacifiers.
She continued her list, citing various other age-appropriate responsibilities that children are increasingly failing to meet.“Seven-year-olds who can’t brush their teeth properly without an electric toothbrush.
Eight-year-olds who can’t sit at a table and use a knife and fork.Nine-year-olds who don’t understand bathroom hygiene.”“I find myself asking, when did we stop teaching these life skills?” Frost lamented.
She urged the parents in question not to get defensive but to be proactive.“I understand modern life is busy, but this isn’t about time; it’s about intention.
Because every time we step in and do it for them or avoid teaching because it’s slower, messier, or inconvenient, we take away an opportunity for them to become capable, and children want to feel capable.” She recommended a return to basics, such as teaching bike riding with support, then without.Frost also advocated for the removal of pacifiers when the aid is no longer needed and teaching oral hygiene without an electric toothbrush.
Other suggestions included taking the time to teach table manners.“We guide, we repeat, we expect.Not perfectly, consistently.
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