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Jo and Zoe discuss beauty treatments, parenting challenges, and listener questions on this Monday morning episode of Dig It. The conversation covers whether partners need to know about Botox treatments, children seeing ghosts, the gentle parenting debate featuring input from Supernanny Jo Frost, and the outrageous cost of ice cream vans.
The Botox Secret: To Tell or Not to Tell Your Partner
Jo and Zoe dive into whether women should tell their partners about getting Botox treatments. Both hosts admit they've been discreet about their own cosmetic procedures, with Zoe revealing she uses profiler and baby Botox around her eyes and forehead. They discuss how men often have strong negative opinions about 'wrecking your face' but rarely notice subtle changes. The conversation explores the balance between personal autonomy and sharing with your partner.
- Most men say 'don't wreck your face' and wouldn't be understanding about cosmetic procedures
- Zoe didn't tell her family for ages to see if they would notice the difference
- Steve stares intensely at Zoe's face after appointments but can see nothing has changed
- Sometimes it's helpful when women share what procedures work well with each other
" I have to say, Laura, I'm a bit like your mate because I think most of the men I know are always like, oh, don't wreck your face. Don't do this. Don't do that to it. "
" I didn't want to tell them in the beginning just out of my own curiosity to see whether they would actually notice anything different and when they didn't I was like okay so I'm getting away with this this is fine "
Supernanny Weighs In on Gentle Parenting Debate
Jo Frost, the famous Supernanny, responds to their previous discussion about gentle parenting with Sarah Pascoe. Frost criticizes gentle parenting as a 'marketing shit show' that took her methodology of emotional intelligence and connection but removed the crucial elements of boundaries and consequences. She emphasizes that children need leadership and to see what healthy emotional regulation looks like through parental modeling.
- Jo Frost called gentle parenting a 'marketing shit show and backfired'
- She says someone took her emotional intelligence methodology but left out boundaries and consequences
- Frost insists children need leadership and to learn emotional regulation through healthy parental exchange
- Her blueprint from decades ago still stands today
" I think it was a marketing shit show and backfired. Some Nelly took my methodology and decided, let's keep Jo's emotional intelligence regarding connection with our children. But we will leave out the bit where she talks about parents upholding boundaries and implementing consequences. "
" Children need leadership. They need us to teach them what emotional regulation looks like too, with healthy parental exchange. "
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