Top 75 Jo Frost Quotes

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.

I’m highly intuitive – highly.

I’m just natural with initiative, with instinct. Paediatricians have said so themselves.

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

I think it is a great idea for people to look at the reality of raising children at a young age.

When we were at school my younger brother and I were very sporty, so we did a lot of stuff outside school, club activities. Summer holidays, though, my mum would take off a big chunk of time and my dad would take some time off and I have the fondest memories of the things we’d do as a family.

I want to see more families have more compassion, more empathy in understanding that not every family is sitting there intentionally saying, ‘I don’t care about everybody else.’ They’re just trying to do the best that they can.

I think it’s really important to give valid information to parents about the benefits of encouraging their children to eat breakfast.

I’m definitely not opposed to adopting. I think that would be marvellous.

For me what’s important is being able to show the truth and for me that’s a very powerful thing.

We have become a society that lacks empathy. Are we teaching empathy? The Internet desensitises, too.

I get parents under the microscope and teach calming techniques for those moments when the heart races.

Some people like me, some people don’t. It is what it is.

I have very strong belief in bringing Western and Eastern medicine together. It doesn’t have to be polarized.

Resilience can only form if we face, and learn how to be better equipped to manage, our problems.

You just can’t go wrong when you’re honest. If somebody’s offended by that, it’s really quite too bad.

Breakfast is the most important meal for me. I love porridge, which I have with water, and some fruit, usually raspberries or melon. And I drink hot water with lemon and green tea.

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

I fly a lot, particularly to and from the U.S., so I take extra care to hydrate my skin: moisturiser, eye cream, hydrating masks, Evian spritzer.

I think integrity’s important; really important.

I am the first to say I’m firm and fair.

I do wear my hair up. To be honest with you when you are working with children you spend most of your time with your hair up, unless you want custard in your hair or some kind of baby sick hanging off the back of your shoulder.

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

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

It’s lovely that people feel I’m approachable.

I do love being around water.

It is important that breakfast is a time where a family can sit around a table and talk about the day ahead.

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

You know, we’ve got to be able to understand that in order to curb their behavior, we’ve got to be accountable as parents in how we raise our children.

I have dealt with lots of teens in my show and the big problems teenagers are facing is the impact of social media in all forms, as it seems like it has a heavy negative influence on them. Social media sites feed narcissistic behaviour and the need to be popular and they are being bombarded with half-truths and some facts.

We’re all family at the end of the day – connected to other members of our family as adults or children.

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

I spent a lot of time in Barbados as a child and I still really enjoy going back there and enjoying the island. Going to Barbados brings back great memories of family holidays.

There was no way I could have foreseen the success of ‘Supernanny.’

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.

When you’re filming on the road you literally are isolated for two weeks and you may go to Alaska or Atlanta or you may go to Florida.

Love is love. Family is family. A family’s sexuality does not define the wonderful parent that they can be for their children.

Parents have to be connected to their children and know what they need. When they’re happy. When they’re not. Discipline is only one part of the equation.

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.

So often I meet parents who are just exhausted. I want to look at how I can then create space for that person to recover.

I know what it is like to feel pain.

I think there’s something to be said for going to certain fine dining restaurants and knowing that after a certain time, it would be inappropriate to take young children. And, unrealistic for them and unfair to the child and to the others that are dining.

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.

I take care of myself, try to make sure I’m always well groomed, with pretty feet and good hair. Having said that, confidence and sexiness come from within.

There are millions of working parents out there just keeping their heads above water.

I do like Toblerone.

I like to think that I am providing a public service to educate parents.

I really want to help people have happier families.

My brother and his wife are such good parents. They work together as a team. They are doing really well. I’m really proud of them.

My priority is always the family. Nothing will compromise that.

All I can say is this: what I’m doing with children is good, solid common sense.

So many women feel this pressure to have children by 35, but I don’t feel pressure.

Children are the same everywhere.

Sometimes I wish I could just take a lightweight bag on the plane but instead I’ve got to make sure I’ve got all my medical stuff. That can become a bit boring.

It needs to be recognised that children perform better when they have eaten breakfast.

People think I’m terrifying but I’m really not. I am firm, yes, definitely firm, but I also have fun, I like my champagne, perhaps a rum and Coke, a laugh with the girls, all of that. Honest.

If I have children, I do. If I don’t, I don’t.

There is nothing your child is going to learn right now at the age of 10 that is going to make or break their career at 24. There just isn’t.

I have heard, seen and dealt with a lot of issues, but what gets me most is the shocking statistics about exercise and the amount of time some parents spend with their children.

A lot of women feel apologetic or feel the need to make excuses for not having children but women don’t need to if they don’t want to.

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.’

You’re not failed parents because you didn’t meet every agenda on your child’s schedule.

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

We have to get out of this cultural mindset of putting badges on ourselves and playing the martyr spinning 1,000 plates. We need to be spinning six plates, and doing it well. Otherwise plates tumble and break.

Utmost integrity is key.

I have a schedule that is absolutely relentless.

I clearly saw an opportunity with ‘Supernanny’ to reach not just one family but lots of people, and to give everyone the benefit of my knowledge and experience.

As anyone who’s watched my shows will know – I’m no pushover.

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.

I would never put children in a situation where I felt I was exploiting them.

I’m a larger lady, a plus size with a bit of belly fat, but I know what suits me, clothes-wise: blouses, tailored jackets and pencil skirts. One of my favourite outfits is jeans, riding boots and a fitted velvet jacket.

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.

I don’t dislike any of my features – they’re what make me me, and I’m confident in who I am. I see my mum in my lips and I’ve got my dad’s eyes.

I was in Key West, Florida, and I ate some key lime pie and the base of the pie had nuts in it. I’m allergic to nuts and I went into anaphylactic shock, which is life threatening, and ended up in hospital.

As a nanny i see the way children begin to flag in the run up to lunch time so i know food definitely has a big impact on a child’s mental state.