Get daily celeb exclusives and behind the scenes house tours direct to your inbox We have more newsletters Get daily celeb exclusives and behind the scenes house tours direct to your inbox We have more newsletters Supernanny star Jo Frost has urged parents to “let children be children” as the new school year approaches after spotting a new social media trend emerge online. Jo, who is known for her parenting expertise , shared an important piece of advice as children begin to return to school following the summer holidays. In a post uploaded to Instagram, Jo, 54, encouraged parents to “listen up” as she opened up about a trend that she’d seen online which involved school children being involved in “school morning routine” videos on social media.

Commenting on the matter, the TV personality told her 518,000 followers that it was time for parents to “take responsibility”. “So now I’m watching 7,8,9 years olds doing back to school morning routine as posts! Parents what on earth are you thinking? No Seriously?,” she wrote. “A time when family connection should be at it’s most highest, a smooth operation of a well practised routine of breakfast together, lifeskills accomplished a mindset of focus & attention and the privilege to be educated.

It is bad enough seeing how many parents are dependant on iPads and screens in the morning as babysitters turning into bad habits and chaotic mornings but please, now this?” Jo then urged her followers to think bef.