Parenting programmes: One baby expert too many?

Nursery World, 10 October 2007

The uproar around a current baby-rearing reality TV programme could spell the beginning of the end for the spate of childcare gurus in the media, if its many critics have their way. Catherine Gaunt hears why

Television schedules are awash these days with programmes aimed at giving parents advice, but Channel 4's 'Bringing Up Baby' has infuriated childcare professionals and parents alike and sparked a call for an end to all such shows. Child health experts want a body set up to regulate parenting television programmes, which they say 'experiment' on babies and children, with potentially damaging results. As Nursery...

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