Last week, I had a panicky phone call from my friend Alice Sharp asking me to get on Twitter and read about the Channel 4 programme which proposes using a dog trainer to help parents manage their babies and toddlers.
This has caused outrage from many. Nursery World Magazine ran a piece on it which received comments from across the sector.
The title is particularly scary. The programme makers have clearly learned nothing from the debate that followed the suicides of vulnerable people on the Jeremy Kyle Show and the rejection by many of the cynical manipulation of people to attract audience rating. Can you imagine the indignation and anger if there was a programme called "Treat your Girlfriend like a Dog". So how is it OK to advertise a programme that advocates treating our children like dogs? Take that to a logical conclusion…
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