The Boisvert Life

Ok, I’m not usually one to read books on childrearing or follow a
certain school of thought of any one famous pediatrician or child
psychologist, as I’ve seen such things ruin too many childhoods. 

However, have you ever seen the show Supernanny
that’s on Monday nights?  I’m definitely loving it, and love most of
the gal’s methods of child rearing.  She has it down to a science,
and she completely turns around every family she helps.  I almost
said, she turns around every problem kid, but from watching the show
and observing families in public, I’ve come to the conclusion that
problem children are only problems because their parents have let them
become so.  Some parents just have no clue, and parenting does not
come naturally to them at all.  It always seems to be completely
the parent’s fault for how their child is misbehaving, even though they
themselves are utterly frustrated with it and wish it would stop, they
blame their child, so nothing changes, the cycle just spirals
downward.  I almost wish every parent had Jo (Supernanny) in their
house, so more kids would grow up with the perfect balance of love,
praise, boundaries, and discipline.  How much nicer our world
would be.

If you haven’t seen her, you should watch, even if
you don’t have kids yet.  It can spark some great discussions on
how you and you significant other feel about certain methods of child
rearing, etc, which are talks you’ll want to have before you have a
baby anyway.  She also has a book out, which I think is
great.  I got one at Costco.  She really doesn’t introduce
anything new, just plain common sense, but after what I’ve seen locally
in the childrearing department, common sense is not so common in many
parents.  She just bundles it into a nice, concise package that’s easy for us parents to recall, that’s
all.  Check her out.