Mum's The Word! The Parenting Podcast - BEHIND THE HEADLINES: How Has Everyone Reacted To Kelsey's Pregnancy

Episode Date: February 17, 2025

In this week's episode of Mum’s The Word, Georgia Jones and Kelsey Parker open up about the whirlwind of emotions surrounding Kelsey’s exciting pregnancy news with her partner, Will.They reflect on the public reaction and share how they’re navigating both the joy and the challenges of a new chapter.Then, they delve into your listener messages on parenting philosophies—how do you handle it when your closest friends raise their kids differently than you do?Georgia and Kelsey discuss the importance of respecting each other’s choices, embracing individuality, and maintaining supportive friendships along the way.Tune in for candid confessions, real-life insights, and plenty of laughs as they tackle the highs and lows of modern motherhood together.A Create Podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Did you forget who you were? I forgot to introduce myself. And I'm Kelsey Parker. And do we have an episode in-store for you today? We're going to chat all about our different parenting styles. Do you do this for your dad? Yeah, he does her. Now, I say to Sunny, does he stop and faff about when you're on your way to school with him?

He's like, no. And what you feel like you experienced as a parent that no one else does. They're either best of friends or they're like beating each other up. Yeah. It's bad. And as ever, we're going to jump into your listener questions. And I just think girls are, you just can't get involved. No.

Wow, we're doing well. We're doing well with the start. So grab a cuppa. Get comfy. And let's jump into this brand new episode of Mums the Word. So Kels, obviously, well, last time I saw you, which I haven't been able to talk about yet

because that episode hasn't gone live. However, you've announced it now So how has it how has it been received? How has it gone down? Have we is it are we all positive or has it been anything? It's been a lot I would say it's been a lot some negative amazing support like in my DMs and On comments and that like everyone just been so happy and congratulating me Yeah, but then I think in life that what's really tough Is that you always go to the negatives, don't you? Oh, yeah

So someone will go oh my god, you look amazing and then one person goes Oh, I don't really like the color of that jumper you're wearing. Oh my god I don't like it, but 20 people have just said how good you look. Oh, you'll only ever pick out the one negative So it's been it just makes me sad that people Still have the opinions that they have. Yeah. And I think it's a lot that difference of men and women and how women can't move on but men can. And it's okay, and it's okay when other celebrity men who have lost their wives have moved on and got partners,

they're like congratulated, whereas me, it's, I don't know, people are just very mean. What have they said? What have been like the nasty comments that people have said, or negative comments? Oh, the comments are endless of what they've actually said on the OK shoot. Why am I doing an OK shoot?

I'm not a celebrity. Oh, okay. Well, clearly she is, cause she's in OK Magazine. Yep. That is it, guys. I don't know if you you know but I am a bit of a big deal. But then also that's like people being contradictory as well because like are they just saying that you can only be in the public eye if your husband's alive? I don't know. So is that the-

Well Tom made me famous. Tom made me who I am. But if, even if Tom did make you who you were, why is that a problem? Why is it a problem that you kind of got your platform because of him? Like a lot of people do, there is a lot of women in this world who might have famous husbands

and they have worked really hard alongside their famous husband and created their own brand. They've done it themselves, husband and created their own brand. You know, they've done it themselves. They've created their own thing. And I tell you what, I think if you weren't such a hard worker and you just lived off the back of Tom, you wouldn't be successful.

Hard work's got to be there, hasn't it? Oh, exactly. The thing is, I am such a hard worker, and I have two kids, and I do everything for my kids. I've now got another one on the way. So every little helps. Like, there's not a fortune. I haven't been left a fortune.

I wish there was, but there's not. Yeah, which is probably a misconception as well, because I think people think that like, pop stars are all absolutely rolling in it, when unless they write their own songs and produce their own songs and play their own songs. And also I think it's the size of the band. Yeah because it gets split. It all gets split up.

It all gets split. You know if there was a fortune I would be elated if there was you know millions and millions in the bank I might not have to work and not have to do this and I could be there full time for my kids and people wouldn't have to see me on the front of OK Magazine celebrating some new news. Yeah, but I'll tell you what, Kels, if you were just living off Tom's fortune, you'd be like, people would hate on you anyway.

Either way, people would hate on me. I don't feel like I can do anything right because if I was at home With my pajamas on not moving not doing anything still going on about Tom Seals saying how sad I am people But it's three years. She needs to move on she needs to do that now I am trying to move on people like how did she move on? Yeah Well, it's a bit is every step like every step you get negativity like when you took your rings off

You had a bit of negative of negativity, didn't you? Like there's all these things. If you do, if you do an article about anything, there's negativity. Like you cannot in this world, when you're in the public eye, you can't do wrong for doing right. Like surely if people, a good genuine people,

they will see your news and go, how lovely that she's managed to like carry on a life. Yeah. How lovely that she's not just kind of sat in a pit, which she probably did for a little bit. Yeah. We can't do that forever. Just because Tom's not living anymore doesn't mean you shouldn't. No, exactly. And the thing is loneliness is like me going through that lonely stage was my worst stage I've ever been at. And I didn't say to people, I'm so lonely,

I am so lonely. Like I could have gone on my Instagram stories every night and been like, this is shit guys, I'm lonely. People probably would have liked that though. People like to see people's pain all over them as well. And it's like car crash, isn't it? But the thing is, you're allowed to still miss Tom, you're allowed to still have your down days

and be sad about it all, but you're also allowed to have the nice things in life. And I mean, you can, when somebody dies in your life, you can't then go, well, that's it, I'll never be happy ever again. Because what's the point? No, and Georgia, I've got two kids. Yeah, you've got to carry on. Georgia, I've got two kids. Yeah.

You've got to carry on. One, I've got to carry on, but two, they are so happy that we are having a baby. Yeah. And we are bringing a new baby into our family. Like, are people taking the happiness away from my children who have actually lost so much already in their lives? Yeah.

It's just, I just can't believe people would actually comment, but then I have amazing, amazing people that then go back and they're like, how dare you say that? Yeah Yeah, and it's someone part. I loved it. They were like, I'm sorry But if you were getting offered an okay shoe and getting paid money you telling me you wouldn't do it That is it the thing is right so you Either way, you would have announced But the thing is, right, so you, either way you would have announced that you were pregnant, right? Yep.

If you can do it and make a bit of money from it, why the hell not? That, and also I've shared everything with OK. They were at my wedding, we've done both children with them. We did Tom's cancer announcement through OK. Yeah. Like, OK on my family. Yeah, yeah. So it's like, why would I not cancer announcement through OK. Like, OK, I'm my family. So it's like, why would I not go to them

and be like, I've got this news, I really wanna share it with you and the world? Because if you didn't, that would almost be like, you're ashamed of that, which you're not. Because if you were like, oh, well, I'm not gonna announce that part through OK Magazine. I've done the rest of my life, but now I'm moving on a little bit

and I'm having a baby, I shouldn't announce that. Because that would really, to me, signal that you were trying to hide something. Which you're absolutely not. Kelsey Parker is an open book. I am loud and I'm proud. I mean it is and this is my life and that's it. If you don't like it, then just unfollow me.

Yeah, well yeah. Did you block anyone that did negative? Cause I just think. Oh see I always do. Do you? Yeah, I'm like, if you're gonna be mean, I don't want you in my little online world. Cause I like to keep it all nice and happy.

I'm a bit like let them. You know, this whole let them theory, like let them feel like that, let them be like that, let them comment, that's only them that has to live with their waking up and actually going on someone's page and being negative. Yeah, sometimes I feel a bit sorry for them though, you know, cause.

Well I just think now as well, like you've literally got your picture. Yeah. You're not even making up a fake account. It's you, Joanna from Blackpool. Do you know what I mean? We can all see it, Sue. We can all see it.

What just don't understand. What bothers me is sometimes it'll be like a teacher. It's someone that you can see what job they do. Yes. So you can see that they're a social worker that deals with, I don't know, families that are going through problems. And I'm like, hang on a second, but you're trolling me. How can you do this job? Or like a nurse or like all these people.

Trolling just gets me in general. I just don't understand. Like, how can you feel that strongly to go on? Oh, I know. To go on. Like there's nothing really. I'll have time. That I feel that passionate about. I think I must go and tell them. No, but also it's mean. Yeah.

It's just mean. But no, what I was saying before is I sometimes feel sorry for the trolls that comment, ever comment on anything of mine because the people that follow me that are lovely go in. Yeah, I love it. They're like, don don't you dad? I'm like, oh god That's a lot Listen guys, let's all calm down now We don't need to but it's also even the questions that people ask I know I did the video yesterday didn't know the montage video of me telling everyone and someone put on it

So, how did you tell Tom's mom? I'm like What's it got to do with you? Instagram is part of our lives that we want to share with you. Yeah. It is a snippet into our lives. That was a one minute 11. One minute 11. Video, angel numbers. Did you do it on purpose? No, it just worked out that way. Did it? That is a snippet into me telling people my mum's not on the video. No. My auntie's not in the video because I told them differently. My older brother's not on the video. You know, Will's sister's not on the video. Some people aren't innit? Noreen is actually in the video. Aurelia shows her

the scam picture and she's like oh my god but what's it got to do with anyone? How I tell Tom's mum? Yeah it really doesn't, it's just nosiness and... But I love it, I love that you'd even put that on there. Yeah, that you feel like that's a question that's okay to ask. Yeah, why don't you ring Noreen and ask her? Give Noreen a little message. So how did Kelsey actually tell you? Was it respectful? I mean, I can imagine it when it was. But what I was gonna say was, as much as you've got like, you know,

people that might say negative comments, I think that video that you put up is testament to you and how people and what people know you for, because everybody in that video was absolutely buzzing. Yeah. Weren't they? They were all so happy. The responses were all of pure joy and shock

and excitement, right? Wasn't it? But again, Joanna from Blackpool, she's not gonna come and look after the baby, so why is she bothered? Why is she bothered? Are you going through the sleepless nights? Are you gonna go through the sleep regression?

I mean Gemma turned up this morning who's my makeup artist and best friend because I've had my makeup done today. Yeah and I have not. She could have warned me. I'm going to have to do it after. She was like oh Charlie's going through the sleep regression and you know she was talking I was like oh I forgot about this. I reckon our podcast is going gonna start being a lot sleepier and no Hans Kels has had the baby. You're like, I'm tired today, George. I'm like, can we get another presenter? I won't be the negative one anymore.

No, I mean, I'm so tired, what is life, George? She has said to me she's not going on maternity leave, she's gonna carry on doing the pod. I am, for Dom. Yeah, for our producer, Dom. We feel like this baby might fall very perfectly in our summer break. It's got to.

It's got to, come on baby. It's got to. So how have you felt though, like mentally? Cause obviously it's a lot to deal with. It's heavy. It can be heavy, can't it? When people are negative, especially when, you know, you are pregnant and you're hormonal.

Do you know what, I actually am relieved that it's out there. Yeah. I feel like a bit like, but I think people think that I love attention, but I like attention, but in a different way. So for me now, obviously everyone's coming up to me like, oh, congratulations, congratulations. And I can't deal with that attention.

And like, oh, thank you, thank you. Cause I'm like word from it. I don't know what to say to people. Oh, how far on are you? And yeah, it's just then you're back into that phase. So I'm excited that I have not got to keep it a secret but then I'm having all these other conversations now. Did it like affect you negatively, mentally at all with the negative comments or do you

feel like you can just brush them off? I was just I just think it's upsetting yeah it's really upsetting that I've been through so much and still it's not enough for people to say well it is because there was like obviously the positive outweighs the negative there was so many people but I mean the Daily Mail I didn't even read oh I know see I haven't seen any negativity cows but I didn't my mother's never been on the Daily Mail before read the comments and she read them I went well why did you do that why did she do that she was with her friend I went oh well better that went down well upset and then my mom's looking at that the

people say yeah I'm someone's gonna get upset, yeah. I'm someone's daughter. Yeah, well do you know what, I was like that with my mom when Danny went in the jungle. And there was a Daily Mail article, just about a podcast I'd done where we'd been funny on it, and backfired on me, because apparently jokes don't.

Don't sit well. Jokes don't sit well as a text. Written down text, jokes don't really, really go down very well. And I said- Yeah, that's why you always have to voice make people your jokes, Georgia. Yeah, I do.

It is funny though, isn't it? Because even with text, I know you're not talking about that sort of text, but you know how like you'll read a text the how I read a text? Yeah, like you can be like, are you in a mood with me? No.

No. Well, it sounds like you are from the way you've written that sentence. And no, I know it's so mad, isn't it? Like, and you can have one headline and people don't look any further into it. So they see a headline and they'll be like,

oh, did you hear this? And it's like, no, that wasn't the story. That was just to get your attention. People don't realize that. And there lies the problem. Yeah, read the article. But yeah, I had to prepare my mum, because she's sensitive, so I was like,

mum, look, just remember, like, I'm okay. And these words won't hurt me. They might just make me cry a little bit, but I'll get over it, okay? I'll get over it, yeah. I mean, the daily Mail is literally like toxic. Sorry, I swore then, and then I stopped myself swearing. Yeah, just swear.

Tell me, Jojo, swear. I was just gonna say it. Say a bad word. It's fucking brutal. It is. That's what I was gonna say. It is brutal. That is like Hunger Games.

Hunger Games is the Daily Mail. I've never watched it. Oh, it's like if you wanna, well, I guess it's more like, but that's what you feel like when you read your comments and you're like, whoa. Just don't read the comments. No. Don't read it.

Will says blocking out the haters. He's not a look at anything. Yeah, I was gonna say how will, because obviously Will's got no social media. So then that all goes out and you know, you love your positive and negative comments. How did Will deal with it? Because that's a real new world to him, isn't it?

It's Will's world. That's it. And he just lives in it. He just lives in it and we just sometimes are popping them like, are you all right? How's Will's world? Like literally nothing. So he didn't go on.

Even when I bought the newspaper home, he was like, oh, I just can't even look at myself. He doesn't want to look at himself in pictures. We had to do video content. Yeah, yeah. He hated it. I'm like, but you look okay in it he's like okay well no because you can tell that he's really nervous when he's doing this like you can see you're nervous but he's

he did well when you were doing them did you watch the one where we had to finish the yes yeah that was the one and I like good I thought you're really good he was but yeah he just hates it and doesn't look at anything. So I guess, be more will because he literally hasn't seen any hate, anyone being mean. Ignorance is bliss though, isn't it? I think a lot of the time. He's just out there with trees and cutting them down. Great. You just go chop your trees. He's just one with nature.

He is and that's why I love him. And he was, even after we did the OK shoot, he was like, that was really hard work. I'm like, yes, it is hard work. People don't realize doing a shoot is hard work. Even doing the podcast is like, this is really hard work guys. But it is because you're having to think of things to say. Yeah.

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So we touched on a few episodes back like our different parenting styles like I said to you do you not ever just feel like you need to break Kelsey and you were like yeah no not really and I was like oh well that is very different to me. I don't know about after this weekend, George, if I need to break. You're aggressing what you said. But I think what I said to you about that was just the fact of with me,

it's where I use my babysitting. It might change now that I actually have a partner. Yeah, maybe. Because I wonder whether like, because I was thinking about it, I wonder whether it's because you have got more of a village around you, like close by. Whereas like if I want to go to the supermarket, I couldn't just drop Cooper off anywhere. No. Because there's no one around. I mean, I've got like school mum friends, but, and yeah, one best mate that has another,

has a kid herself. But apart from that, no one's near enough for me to like, to kind of just drop Cooper off for a couple of hours. So I go do the supermarket shop. So I have to take him with me. So I think that's probably like the difference, but then don't get me wrong. I get my times where mom and dad come to London

or I'll take Cooper up north and then I get a nice break. But it's like different parenting styles, isn't it? I don't think, like as much as we say we have different parenting styles, I don't think we're actually too different. No, we're on the page for a lot of. We're on the same page for a lot of things. There's just certain things

that we are probably quite different on. But then again, it's environment as well, isn't it? Yeah. Things that are around you, what's accessible to. Yeah, yeah. So we asked people on our Instagram, didn't we, about their different parenting styles and whether people are in Camp Kelce or Camp George.

What are they in? And there's one person, I'm not gonna say names because I don't know whether they want it to be anonymous or not. No, he made a joke. One lady said to me that she gets over, oh said to us, she gets overstimulated and needs a break, but her husband is the opposite. Which is quite interesting. Oh, she's going to be sexy, she was going to be sexy, I'm just wondering. I was just thinking, I wonder how much the husband does.

Oh, I knew it, I knew it was coming. What does he do? If he just sits in front of the TV, then he's probably having a lovely time. That Ari just really, really finds parenting easy. But I do think, even with that, now obviously I have a partner, I think me and Will are going to be like that. I think I'm going make everything such a big deal. And it's like, I'll fly off the handle and have a go at him. And then I think with him, he will just get along with it. Do you know what I'm saying?

He'll be fine. Cause my mom goes, I don't know why you waste your breath saying that to Will. Well, I think the key is, and we've talked about this before, is being vocal. And if that one parent isn't doing enough, you've got to tell them. Like if they're just sat on their ass

finding parenting easy and not pulling their weight. Yeah, why are you not finding the struggle? Yeah, but like you just gotta talk to them and say, I'm overstimulated. If you're not, that's fine. If you're not tired and need a break, that's also fine. But I do. So it's all the more reason for the husband here

to take over. If he's fine. You crack on. You crack on. I'm going to get my nails done. Yeah, you go off, have a day by yourself or a night. But I feel like that's a bit Kelsey and Dean as well. Kelsey loves it when we bring her up.

Oh, your friend Kelsey, sorry I thought you meant you. Kelsey has them obviously all the time. Dean goes to work. But when Dean has them at weekends, he's like, I don't know what you're moaning about. Really? And then she's up and they're different for you. I do feel like as well they are different for mum and dad. Yeah. They are, aren't they? I think so.

And now mine's mum and Will. It's like what they do for Will is even go to bed. Then for me, it's like he can now see it. Yeah, the amount of times I've said to Cooper, are you like this with daddy? Even the walk to school, he stops every five minutes whinging about like his sock falling down in his shoe or something.

I'm like. Do you do this for your dad? He does her now. I say to daddy, does he stop and faff about when you're on your way to school with him? He's like, no. I'm like, why the heck does he do it with me? Because I think they can.

Even last time I already got out of bed, quite a few times in the end, I said, Will, go and put him back into the bed. Because he just does it for me. So then when he knew Will was then putting him to bed, and he went, right, come on, mate, you've got to go to sleep now. Did he go for him?

He went back to sleep. Oh, bless him. See, mate, you've got to go to sleep now. Did he go for him? And then went? Went back to sleep. Oh, bless him. See, but he knew that I had had enough then. Yeah, yeah, he was like, oh, better not push mum too far. Right, this one. Yeah, this is interesting, this next one. My daughter's bestie has been brought up differently and they're starting to fall out.

What do you do? I mean, it's a real tricky one because if kids are brought up differently, they're brought up differently. And I think that's where friendships can grow apart really, isn't it? We've spoken about it before. You find your tribe.

Yeah. You find your people. I think you gotta let your kids yeah, make their own minds up about each other. You can't force friendships, can you? Well, Albie and Aurelia have got a brother and sister relationship. They just spend their whole time arguing.

Yeah. They're either best of friends or they're like beating each other up. Yeah. It's bad. Yeah. And me and Kelsey are like, what do we do? Me and Kelsey are best friends.

We spend a lot of time together. Albie and Bodie never ever argue Well, they'll probably end up just having like that family relationship Yes, the family relationship, but he wants to be hierarchy But she's she's it and he just needs to let it go and be like a radio is the boss and we'll just do as a radio Says but they need to find that between them, so what do you do? Let them find it between them. That's what I said.

Because that's what I mean, Kelsey would fall out. Yeah, that's it, and you can't get involved, like, well, I mean, obviously, if they're pulling each other's hair out, then do. I mean, he's a lot stronger than her. But like, you've kind of just got to let them fight it out between themselves, and if they don't get on, you can't force it.

It doesn't have to change your relationship. Your relationship. I would bet that would come... It'd be hard though, it's hard. I would be so upset if, so like Cooper's best mate Jude and I'm best mates with Jude's mum Rose, they weren't friends, God. They do fight like brother, brother and brother though.

But hers, we don't know if she's actually got a relationship with the mum. It's her daughter's, my daughter's bestie. Yeah. With kids, let them sort that out But hers we don't know if that she's actually got a relationship with the mum Yeah With kids let them sort that out because it will all work out in the end Raley is in a bit of a predicament at the moment her best friend at school has been off Cause in off with her offers in off school off school She's had some time out because I don't want to go into that She's had some time out and that's a really as best friend

They've actually been really like best friends since they were born. So I really noticed a change in her because the dynamics changed at school between the girls. And I just think girls are, you just can't get involved. No, girls fall out a lot earlier stage than boys start falling out. Well, yeah, because they know what they want.

They're not happy. She said that even when she went into school and said, oh my mum's having a baby, one girl was like, she wasn't bothered. Really? Oh my God, they start that young? Yes, at five. Good God.

And I was like, well that's fine, she might not be bothered that we're having a baby. Does she want to comment on the Instagram post? Yeah, you've got your world's youngest troll Yeah, well, I mean I don't massively because I don't have what was you know of your friends I used to fall out of my friends. We had a group We're like this when I was at primary school and we used to fall out all the time We used to spend our whole playtime falling out of each other then becoming best friends

Yeah, and Gemma is my best friend now so it all worked out you went school with yeah Gemma's been my best friend since we were five but we actually even got separated out of the class from each other because we were really naughty together yeah and we spent all that time arguing we never argued our don't mean Jim and never argue I never argue with Kelsey ever argue for any of my friends. No, no Yeah, I'm a grown-up Do argue with different yeah. Yeah, I know I don't get that Do you argue with your friends? No people question. Oh, do you yeah, do you argue with your friends?

I will have a discussion like say if like I don't know like recently for instance. I've been terrible at replying Yeah, terrible at messaging back. And my best friend, who's been my best friend since I was a kid, she was like, you just need to be better. And I was like, yeah. Noted. Noted. Literally. Because I know. Like she wouldn't say anything to me just to be mean. She's saying it because she loves me and she wants to highlight it. And also she doesn't want other people to think that about you.

No, no, and I completely respect, and that's the thing, you've got to respect your friends. If they're telling you something and they're a good person, you know they're telling you. We listen and we don't judge. Last one of the different parenting styles, my friend doesn't tell her kid off. No.

And I always want to shout, how does that make her feel? Which is difficult because. Really difficult. You can't really discipline someone else's kid, can you? Well, me and Kelsey do discipline each other's children, but again, we are close. Yeah, I think if it's your best friend, I think if it's like family.

Well, then I have my other friend Nicole, we are on the same page, we will tell each other's kids off and be like, I'll say, Blake, don't do that. Yeah. So I think it's good relationship with your friend. Yeah, I think it is. I would tell, I would discipline my friend's children

and then say, what do you say? Or, that's not nice. But this is, it's fine line. It's a fine line, because people get offended if you tell kids off now. We're living in a world where these children can't be told off. And it's funny, because one of my friends always says to me,

you're, it takes a lot more for you to get annoyed with the boys when they're playing together than it does me. And I'm like, well, yeah, but then we're different, aren't we? And I don't mind it if she kind of like, does it before I do. She's always maybe like one little shout

between the boys. Yeah, in front of you. In front of me, yeah. So, their tolerance is just a tiny bit less than mine. And it is your tolerance, I think. Yeah. And also, some days you're tolerant, some days you're not, some days you're doing your period,

some days, you know, it all just changes. Yeah. And the kids change and their attitudes change too. I think that's the problem though is that everyone's got different parenting styles. Not everyone's shout like shout. You definitely could fall out about your kids with people. 100%.

Yeah, you could totally. For one way or the other. Sometimes you over exaggerate as well. Like you know when someone then doesn't tell their kids off, you then spend the whole time telling your kids off because you want to be like, are you going to tell your kids? Are you actually going to tell them off?

Around here, Bode, and they'll be like, Bode sat there with his halo, like I'm not telling a big one, but I'm still shouting at him because I'm like, are you actually going to tell your kids? Yeah, because then you feel bad as well for telling your kid off. Because your kid's like,

well why isn't that child being rolled off? Because he's done the same thing as me or she's done the same thing as me. But, and then have you ever said to your kid, don't be like that child, like the way they were then, just so you know, isn't okay. Because I don't want them to think that,

because no one's told that child off, that then it's totally acceptable. No, I get you. Because it's not my place, if you know, say if it's a kid that I don't know very well, it's not my place to tell that child off. But Georgia, I do feel like it's my kids that it would be them doing stuff that I'm like,

can you not do that? Like that behavior was not acceptable. Well, good, yeah, but good though. And for me as well, obviously, running a performing arts school. You've got to. Like the other night, we were trying to leave K2K, they were both, obviously they'd dance for like two hours,

so they were really energetic and they were just not listening to me. That's what I'm saying, I need you to get her ears tested for, I've realized she's not deaf, it's just she chooses to ignore me. Do you think so? So she's lost her head with her really good friend Poppy, who's now her dance partner, it's all about Poppy.

So me and Poppy's mum are trying to get them out and they've literally lost their heads, they're jumping in each other's cars, like, just, Aurelia. But again, I don't want to shout too loud because she's also my client and my customer and then I can't be seen that I'm screaming at my kid because then they might think that I carry on like that at K2K. Do you know what I mean? I mean like such a, and I got in the car and I was like,

that behavior was not acceptable. What's your remorseful? She's just sort of, what's your problem? Oh no, and then, I actually wanted to tell you this story. So I was really upset and I said this, that behavior was not acceptable. And we're at at Kate's cane this is mommy's work and you can't carry on like that blah blah blah blah blah anyway got back continued the conversation which was bit annoying I reminded myself of my mum in the bath

and then she went I don't really like your attitude right now. Stop it. How you're talking to me I went what do you mean? She went will you still Of how you're talking to me. I went, what do you mean? She went, will you still sound like you're really upset with me? I was like, cause I am. But then you want to laugh. Oh I know, when they act like little adults. I'm not happy with how you're talking to me right now, mum. What do you do when she does that though? Because like, that's quite attitude isn't it?

Right, that was me turning my head. I have to turn my head for a second, compose, and then go back at her. Is she copying what you, like the types of things you say to her? Yes, yeah. We're really at that stage now. I'm like, oh my god, that's me.

You're actually me. You're mimicking me now. I think she's maybe doing it as well, because if you say that to her, she's thinking, well, I can say that to mummy. She says, mummy says it to me. Just parenting is so hard, and I'm doing it all again, am I I can say that to Mummy. She says, Mummy says it to me. Just parenting is so hard. And I'm doing it all again, am I mad?

Oh, you are. No, I'm joking, not really. I am. Each to their own, Kelsey. Each to their own. That is a wrap on another episode. We spoke about our different parenting styles. Make sure to subscribe, leave us a review,

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