| Jo Frost | |
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| Born | Joanne A. Frost 27 June 1971 London, England, UK |
| Nationality | British |
| Other names | Supernanny |
| Occupation | Nanny, television personality |
| Years active | 1989-2010 (nanny); 2004-present (TV personality) |
| Known for | Supernanny |
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| Official website | |
Joanne "Jo" Frost (born 27 June 1971) is a British nanny and television personality. She was the central figure of the reality television program Supernanny. She has written three books on childcare and began her work experience in 1989.
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Frost was born in London, England, in 1971[1] to an English father and a Gibraltarian mother.
While she has no children of her own, Frost has 21 years' experience in the field of childcare,[2] working as a nanny in Britain and the United States, including work with families on the television series Supernanny, which is shown in 49 countries. Frost's books are Supernanny: How to Get the Best from Your Children,[1] Ask Supernanny: What Every Parent Wants to Know, and Jo Frost's Confident Baby Care. Her childcare approach focuses on maintaining consistent adult authority, while creating a safe and peaceful environment. She introduced parents to "the naughty step",[2] a variation on the "time-out" method. She suggests solutions for behavioural issues such as adherence to bed time, meal time conduct, behaviour in public, sibling rivalry, and anger management.
In 2010, Frost presented a new show titled Jo Frost Extreme Parental Guidance on Channel 4. The British international format rights are distributed by DRG.
On 5 March 2010 Frost appeared on Alan Carr: Chatty Man, talking about her personal life. In November 2010, after almost 9 years of helping other families, Shed Media announced the end of Supernanny, saying that Frost hoped to marry and start a family of her own. In November 2011 Frost denied that this was the reason she left the hit show, claiming she left over a financial disagreement with Shed Media.[3]
In an interview from her home in Los Angeles, Jo said: ‘I don’t really want to get into a public slanging match. Let’s just say that my leaving Supernanny was not exactly the Disneyfication of the story that it was made out to be.' ‘I decided to leave after season seven, earlier this year. But then they (Shed Media) made up this story that I was running off to get married and have children. I am not at all happy. I feel like I worked really hard to get where I am. I am Supernanny. That’s me. I only know that Deborah Tillman is an accountant and a businesswoman. She has never been a nanny.' Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2066685/Supernanny-Jo-Frost-quits-row-money-replaced-Michelle-Obama-lookalike.html#ixzz1ewqUDuGv
In 2011 she worked on a second series of Jo Frost: Extreme Parental Guidance for Channel 4 in the UK. The first episode of the second series was aired on Channel 4 at 8 pm on 6 July 2011.[4]