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TV show 'like child abuse'
By Catherine Gaunt,
Nursery World,
4 October 2007
More than 1,200 people have signed a petition on the 10 Downing Street website calling for a halt to television programmes that promote 'outdated or discredited' parenting theories.
Started by Clive Dorman of the Children's Project, the petition put up on Thursday was sparked by outrage at last week's Channel 4 programme 'Bringing Up Baby'. Families taking part in the series follow different childcare methods with three mentors for their babies' first three months. The experts include maternity nurse Claire Verity, who advocates a 'strict' method she devised based on Dr Truby King's 1950s routine. This technique recommends shutting a newborn baby in a room...
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