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Jo Frost Biography

British television personality and “Supernanny” Jo Frost was born in 1971. Jo rose to prominence with the launch of her highly successful television program, Supernanny, in 2004, but long before Frost became one of the era’s most outspoken experts on child care, she grew up in Southwest London in a childhood she describes as active and happy. By the time she was eighteen, Jo had started to work as a nanny, with a growing reputation for success that eventually brought her services to the attention of celebrities and then ultimately a television producer.

In 2004, Jo Frost was offered the opportunity to star in her own reality series based on her experiences in childcare. Supernanny aired for the first time in the United Kingdom in 2004 and was an instant hit. The show featured Frost’s common-sense and consistent behavioral modification techniques to improve the quality of life for hundreds of families. It wasn’t long before an American version of the show aired, also to instant success, and Jo Frost found herself appearing as a child-rearing expert on such programs as The Oprah Winfrey Show and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

Jo Frost left Supernanny in 2011; Family S.O.S. with Jo Frost premiered on The Learning Channel in the United States in 2013. The show addressed more serious family issues, such as addiction and abuse, and explored complex family social structures, including blended families and divorce families. In addition to her work on television, Frost has written a number of books on child rearing. Her most recent book, Jo Frost’s Toddler Rules, was published in 2014.