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Sarah Naish is an English therapeutic parenting expert and author, best known for her book But He Looks So Normal! A Bad-Tempered Parenting Guide for Foster Parents and Adopters, which is being adapted for Sky TV by Elaine Collins's Tod Productions, with a script by Thomas Eccleshare and directed by Peter Capaldi. [1] [2]

Naish is the CEO of the National Association of Therapeutic Parents and has adopted five children. [3] [4]

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References

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  2. Kanter, Jake (30 December 2022). "Peter Capaldi-Directed Parenting Comedy 'They F**k You Up' In Works At Sky". Deadline. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  3. Naish, Sarah (12 November 2016). But He Looks So Normal!: A Bad-Tempered Parenting Guide for Foster Parents and Adopters. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN   978-1-5336-7152-3 . Retrieved 23 July 2024.{{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  4. Mir, Saima (8 September 2021). "Parental burnout: how juggling kids and work in a global pandemic brought us to the brink". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 23 July 2024.