Podcast quotes (tongue in cheek)
I need the staff:
Well actually, someone used to say, a very wise man did say to me – because I was having doubts and questions about the guilty element of being away for work and things like that (she works so hard guys!) – and they said actually almost the nuclear family – the responsibility of the family being the sole people who are in charge and therefore the nurture of their children is solely their responsibility - and they were saying actually we are more like animals than we think we are – we need people around us – the more people you have around your children who are safe and loving and caring, the better. So yeah – it was a real weight off my shoulders that actually it’s not totally my responsibility to do everything, because you know we all have good days, bad days – and if you can dilute that with others who aren’t on that particular day struggling… I think it makes such a difference for your child, and keeping them as constant and happy as possible.
When she doesn't take the children to school:
George and Charlotte were like ‘Mummy how could you possibly not be dropping us off at school this morning?’ (They're so well spoken!)
Juggling:
But no it’s a constant challenge – you hear it time and time again from mums, even mums who aren’t necessarily working (like you?) and aren’t pulled in the directions of having to juggle work life and family life, they don’t feel they’ve got...
Whaat?! :
Because you know - the science -
There’s lots of information and things like that.
G: Did you know he was going to be a boy?
D: I didn’t know, no it was a surprise. But also seeing… you know your husband, William, and things like that. (Huh?)
No it’s hard, I like to decompartmentalise - what’s the word – compartmentalise, yes, the whole thing.
we’ve gone out and lit a bonfire and sat around trying to cook sausages that hasn’t worked because it’s too wet