Airdate: Parental Guidance

Nine has confirmed a timeslot for its new Parental Guidance series of 7:30pm Monday, November 1, set to replace The Block (which screens an auction the following Sunday).

The series from Eureka will be comparing parenting styles -previously titled The Parent Jury with former Supernanny, Jo Frost.

It now puts Ally Langdon and parenting expert Dr Justin Coulson in front of opinionated parents with contrasting parenting methods, as they undergo a series of challenges to determine Australia’s best parenting style.

When it comes to modern-day parenting, none of us are nailing it. But we all have an opinion on how it should be done! Is strict parenting better than letting your kids run free? Do tiger parents produce smarter kids than allowing children to develop naturally?

Every episode the challenges escalate in difficulty, pushing families to their most hilarious and emotional limits to discover their strengths and the areas they can improve. Here they’ll laugh at their fails, share advice and most importantly celebrate their successes, even when the parent in question can’t see it for themselves.

Do you smack your child? Would your child go off with a stranger? How do you deal with discipline? Do you let your child run free? How would your child react without screen time for 24hours? Parental Guidance will change the conversation around these fundamental parenting issues in Australia.

These outspoken parents will take turns judging each other’s style, tackling controversial approaches to parenting that will divide opinion, cause spirited debate and be very uncomfortable for some.

Strict parenting style: Andrew and Miriam from NSW
Nature parenting style: Liadhan and Richard from SA
Attachment parenting style: Lara and Andrew from VIC
Routine parenting style: Brett and Tony from VIC
French parenting style: Yann and Donna from NSW
Tiger parenting style: Kevin and Debbie from NSW
Home school parenting style: Deb from QLD
Helicopter parenting style: Rachel and Sam from QLD
Free range parenting style: Penny and Daniel from NSW
Disciplined parenting style: Rob and Sioux from SA

Parental Guidance takes us behind the closed family doors of parenthood, and how we ourselves were raised, to find out how to do it right, right now.

Monday, November 1, at 7.30pm on Nine.