Jo Frost
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Joanne Frost 27 June 1971 London, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Nanny, television personality, author, producer |
| Years active | 1989–present (nanny) 2004–present (TV personality) |
| Known for | Supernanny and related shows |
| Spouse(s) | Darrin Jackson |
| Website | Official website |
Joanne "Jo" Frost (born 27 June 1971), is a British television personality who leveraged her 27-year-experience as a nanny for the reality television program Supernanny, in which she was the central figure. It first aired in the United Kingdom in 2004 and she has branched off into several other reality shows in the United Kingdom, United States and the Netherlands. The edgier Family S.O.S. with Jo Frost addressed issues such as addiction and abuse. Family Matters is a talk show. She has written six books on child care.
Frost grew up with one brother in Southwest London. Her father was an English builder and her mother, born in Gibraltar, was an interior decorator. Frost had a happy, physically active childhood. Because her father was interested in history, she frequented a number of castles and museums as a child. In 1994, her mother died of cancer. Frost, who regularly travels for work, lived with her father when she was not taping or meeting other career obligations. As of 2014, she is living with her husband, location coordinator Darrin Jackson, in Orange County, California.
Frost worked as a nanny for 27 years, beginning in 1989, when she was 18 years of age. She was employed in the United Kingdom and the United States and Frost's clients included celebrities and John Lloyd, a television producer.
Frost was hired for the Channel 4'sSupernanny television show that launched in the United Kingdom in 2004. In each episode she visited a family and implemented consistent disciplinary, behavioral, and entertainment techniques to improve troubled families’ lives. In their book Handbook of Psychological Assessment, Case Conceptualization, and Treatment, Children and Adolescents, Michel Hersen and David Reitman state, "With considerable skill, Super Nanny Jo Frost implements standard, evidence-based contingency management procedures, as well as heavy evidence of creating alternative positive activity structures." The show has had its critics, and not all child-care experts agree with her approach. Some people find that the children's right to privacy has been violated and that children are embarrassed when put on the "naughty step".Newcastle University media and cultural-studies lecturer Tracey Jensen believes that the format results in the mother being "shamed before she is transformed".
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