“Supernanny” Jo Frost has been looked to as a guiding light for all things child-rearing since her hit television show, which featured her helping parents with their unruly children — and now she’s sounding the alarm.
“We are slowly disabling our children,” she said in a post on social media. “And I don’t say that lightly. I say that because I work with families continuously, every day, and I’m seeing a pattern that’s growing.”
That pattern is “children who are capable but not being taught.”
“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 said, explaining that parents need to “go back to basics.”
“We teach the bike riding with support, then without. We remove the dummy when it’s no longer needed. We show them how to brush their teeth properly, not rely on this electric tool. We sit at the table, and we teach them how to eat properly,” she continued.
“We guide, we repeat, we expect — not perfectly, consistently, because independence isn’t something that just happens. It’s taught, parents, and if we don’t teach it, we can’t be surprised when it’s missing,” she added.
BlazeTV host Allie Beth Stuckey agrees.
“I think she makes some really good points,” Stuckey says, calling those that Frost is describing “permissive” parents.
These parents “really just believe that your only job is to be your kid’s pal and to be their friend and to help them do what they want and to just comply with whatever their desires are.”
“I think there are some parents like that who might have some good intentions, and they just think that that’s what you’re supposed to do as a parent. And then I also think it has a lot to do with parents being overly busy, overly controlled, and consumed by their phones, and just tired,” she explains.
“And so, they’re lazy, and so they outsource their parenting to tablets, to social media, to different devices that kind of work as a long-term pacifier for their kids so they don’t have to do the hard and energy-taking work of actually disciplining their child, instructing their child, training their child, and all of that,” she continues.
And a recent study by EdWeek Research Center only amplifies Frost’s point.
“Kids today in pre-K are doing a lot worse when it comes to these developmental milestones than kids have in the past,” Stuckey explains.
According to the study, 52% of preschool educators “reported that their current students had more difficulty tying their shoes than children the same age two years ago.”
Fifty-four percent said that potty training had become increasingly difficult for pre-K students, 56% said they were more likely to need assistance putting on a coat, 59% reported that behavioral issues were up over the past two years, and 72% said students were worse at following directions.
“I think screens,” Stuckey says. “I think the overstimulation of parents. I think just this phenomenon of parents thinking that any form of discipline or boundary-setting or punishment is wrong or mean.”
“So, anyway,” she continues, “I just thought that that was really good and probably the people who didn’t like to hear it need to hear it the most. And I just love people who are willing to say hard truths, especially when it comes to things that are for the sake of our kids and future generations.”
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Scranton Mayor and congressional candidate Paige Cognetti (D-PA) promoted a violence intervention program involving a “safe space” for people who had entered the justice system or were recently coming out of it after a gang-related shooting wounded a city detective, months after photos were posted showing her with operators of a Crips-linked hookah lounge that authorities had repeatedly associated with criminal activity.
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In a stunning turn of events that no one predicted, Joy Behar may have told Vice President JD Vance he should run for president.
Vance had a wide-ranging interview with the women of "The View" on Wednesday, where he was challenged on many of his political opinions.
'Look, Joy Behar is way tougher than the Iranians — and she and I are best friends now.'
After the interview, Behar indicated that she thought Vance had a "good vibe" "for a Republican" and admitted that he is "intelligent" enough to make an "interesting" presidential candidate. She made the comments on the "Behind the Table" podcast about the show.
The show's executive producer, Brian Teta, asked Behar to discuss her private comments with Vance. Teta claimed Behar advised Vance off-camera to run for president, a claim Behar did not deny.
"I don't mind a Republican on the city level, because it needs a little discipline. But on the national level, I want somebody with a good heart, and those are more in the Democratic Party in my opinion," she clarified.
"They care about the poor. They help people," Behar claimed. "The Republican Party is much more about saving taxes for rich people. So I'm not a Republican."
Teta revealed that Vance had said he was more nervous about appearing on "The View" than he had been about the vice presidential debate in 2024 against Gov. Tim Walz. Behar went on to praise Vance even more.
"I don't think that he's a bad guy. So if he runs against, say, a [California Democrat Gov.] Gavin Newsom, that would be an interesting debate to see those two, because they're both intelligent," she added.
A video clip of the surprising interaction was posted to social media, where it garnered hundreds of thousands of views.
Vance even pointed to their unlikely friendship when commenting on the Iran peace deal during a White House media briefing on Thursday.
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"I have seen some progressive criticisms of me personally, saying, 'What experience does the vice president of the United States have with hostile, high-stakes negotiations?'" said Vance at the podium.
"And I would point those progressive critics to the fact that just two days ago, I spent over an hour on 'The View.' So I actually have a great experience in very hostile negotiations!" he added. "I mean, look, Joy Behar is way tougher than the Iranians — and she and I are best friends now, so we're gonna get to a good place."
Video of his comments also received thousands of views.
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Fans threw a lot of vitriol at three San Francisco Giants players who wrote biblical references on their caps last Friday, leading to turmoil with the league.
Major League Baseball issued a warning to the players while the Giants franchise offered an apology, seemingly pointing to a huge blowback against the team over the protests.
'Baseball should be a place where everyone feels welcome, respected, and valued.'
After pitchers Landen Roupp, JT Brubaker, and Ryan Walker wrote differing forms of "Genesis 9:12-16" on their LGBT-themed Pride hats last Friday against the Chicago Cubs at Oracle Park, fans took to social media to vent their gripes.
The fan page on Reddit was particularly ruthless, where one fan even compared the use of Bible verses to "writing racist s**t on Jackie Robinson night."
"What a bunch of f**king morons," the user added.
Another Redditor called the players "the 4 Bigot pitchers," adding reliever Sam Hentges in the mix, who simply chose to wear a regular Giants cap on the night in question, not the Pride one.
More commenters seemed frustrated that the "locker room leaders" did not express concern over the incident.
However, the outrage seemingly did not affect attendance at the park when compared to the home games that followed Pride Night on Friday, which had an official attendance of 38,115. On Saturday, attendance dipped to 35,142 before jumping to 40,093 on Sunday afternoon, less than a thousand short of a sellout.
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While many factors affect ticket sales — starting pitchers, day of the week, time of day, etc. — one thing is certain: Fans still showed up for the games following the widely discussed protest.
The Giants won't return home until June 23 against the Athletics, when the dust surrounding the MLB warning and team apology may have settled.
In a statement to the Athletic, the league warned the three pitchers, saying, "The writing on the cap violates our rules, and consistent with normal practice, we have warned the players about future violations."
The MLB has remained steadfast in its restrictions on players altering hats, having warned players in the past for writing phrases like "Dad," "Happy Mother's Day," "I Love Mom," or names of family members, the MLB said, per ABC News.
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According to the San Francisco Standard, the Giants organization issued a statement reinforcing that "baseball should be a place where everyone feels welcome, respected, and valued."
While the team said it respected the decisions made by its players, the Giants noted, "We understand that the choices by individual players have caused pain and anger to many in the LGBTQ+ community and we are sorry for that."
The protest does not change the Giants' commitment to "inclusion, belonging, and creating a welcoming environment for all," the team added.
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