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Babycare reality show is cleared by regulator
By Catherine Gaunt,
Nursery World,
13 December 2007
A television parenting show that sparked criticism from childcare professionals and parents alike has been cleared by the media regulator.
Ofcom received 752 complaints from viewers about Channel 4's 'Bringing Up Baby', accusing the programme makers of 'child abuse' by using outdated and unethical infant care techniques. The programme assigned six different families to three different childcare mentors who followed care manuals from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s - Truby King's Feeding and Care of Baby, Dr Spock's Baby and Childcare and Jean Liedloff's The Continuum Concept. Last week Ofcom found that the four-part series did not breach broadcasting rules....
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