Worth a listen. Between ourselves today was a discussion with child Psychologists Laverne Antrobus and Oliver James. (Oliver James of ‘They F*** you up, your Mum and Dad’ and ‘Affluenza’ fame)
It’s not very often in the mainstream media that you hear people talking sense about parenting and raising children but these two did, I thought. Oliver James was particularly good.
Up for discussion was: the importance of attachment, the craziness of institutional childcare and the fact it is BAD for our children, how children considered as ‘evil’ get to be that way via severe abuse, the phenomenon of the Supernanny approach to parenting and the unnecessary-ness of things like the naughty step and time out for all but the most damaged children and most refreshingly – the championing of the Good Enough Parent.
A shame it was only 1/2 an hour – I could have listened for much longer. You can ‘Listen Again’ for a while, not sure how long here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00s0cmx/Between_Ourselves_Series_5_Episode_5/
I must get a copy of Affluenza, I’ve had it recommended a few times but not got round to it yet…
