Jo Frost Quotes

Jo Frost

Profession : Celebrity

Birth : June 27, 1970

I was known as this trouble-shooter and I was taking calls from other nannies asking for advice and calls from parents across Europe and America.

Jo Frost

Parents get worried that kids will hold grudges. But they just don't.

Jo Frost

My methods are all because of my experiences as a nanny. Parents have asked, 'How do you have an understanding of this when you have no children?' Maybe I just do and that's how it is. It all comes from my personality and what I believe in.

Jo Frost

I had this very strong intuition when working with children. The families I used to work for said, 'You're a white witch. You just know.'

Jo Frost

I used to work in a maternity shop when I was at college. But I started baby-sitting in the evenings. I started then to professionally nanny full time, sole charge, when I was 18. I finished college, and then I didn't go on to do anything else. I started to professionally help families, and I chose not to go to training for professional nannies.

Jo Frost

I was always the person that was giving advice and helping.

Jo Frost

I had a pretty well-adjusted style of parenting. I think my parents were very young, very open. I think I learned many things from them: etiquette and grace, compassion and charity. And who I am today is due to a lot of attributes of my parents.

Jo Frost

My parents were people who I'm proud of.

Jo Frost

Parents are almost fearful of disciplining their children. They are scared they are going to lose the connection with them when they are teenagers or adults.

Jo Frost

I certainly don't have horns growing out of head.

Jo Frost

We want to actively encourage children to continue with their development.

Jo Frost

New parents will feel that euphoric high where they feel like their mind is racing and they can't sleep. But its important to take quiet moments when you can. Even if you can t get a full sleep, just resting and calming yourself can be so useful.

Jo Frost

I don't think we listen enough. Half of communication is listening first.

Jo Frost

There's always going to be those families or even just individuals who can be quite defensive.

Jo Frost

My parenting skills came from two decades of being in the field helping families and having the opportunity to work with hundreds of families of all different ages.

Jo Frost

I've spent thousands upon thousands of hours helping families.

Jo Frost

I change my techniques according to what the child or the parent needs, or the family as a whole needs, but as a professional, I do not move with a trend or a fad.

Jo Frost

A lot of parents are confused because they're reading a lot, and they can't make up their mind on what they're doing.

Jo Frost

I'd like to see mothers at home be more assertive, be unapologetic, give themselves permission, and to stand up for themselves as an equal parent, whether that is being a parent who's authoritative and needs to discipline and put healthy boundaries in, or to serve out the candy.

Jo Frost

One of my ongoing messages is the importance of families not being polarized. It's important to talk about routines and bring everything into the middle and not to one extreme or another.

Jo Frost