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Tony Blair cops to smacking his kids around<\/a>. According to the article, new proposals by his party intended to restore respect “include a National Parenting Academy where frustrated parents would be given help in dealing with out-of-control offspring.”<\/p>\n

If the Brits really have this much trouble with their kids, does it mean that Mary Poppins, Nanny 911<\/a> and Supernanny<\/a> aren’t as valuable as we think?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tony Blair cops to smacking his kids around. According to the article, new proposals by his party intended to restore respect “include a National Parenting Academy where frustrated parents would be given help in dealing with out-of-control offspring.” If the Brits really have this much trouble with their kids, does it mean that Mary Poppins, … <\/p>\n

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