Tone it down, gurus

India Knight on gurus and the fascination the public has with them. Why do we think they know everything and what they say is correct?

She cites Jo Frost, AKA Super Nanny as an example but I just saw one of her programmes, and it was scary how a two year old called Charlie controlled his family! Obviously the cameras are going to only show the Nanny in a good light but the advice she gave the family seemed sensible and had an improvement.

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3 thoughts on “Tone it down, gurus

  1. When I watch the nanny shows, I find it VERY sad that there are people in this world that don’t have a clue about raising our next generation.

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