Mum's The Word! The Parenting Podcast - ‘I Love My Kids… But I Don’t Always Love Being a Mum’ Georgia Jones & Kelsey Parker Get Real About Parenting Truths

Episode Date: April 19, 2026

This week on Mum’s The Word, Georgia Jones and Kelsey Parker are back for a brutally honest catch-up… and nothing is off-limits.From chaotic school runs and very territorial parking drama to the awkward realities of parents’ evening, the episode kicks off with the kind of everyday mum moments we’ve all lived through.Georgia shares the pressure of hearing feedback about Cooper at school (and questioning her own homework skills), while Kelsey opens up about why she’s taken a step back from social media, and the emotional toll of feeling like everything you say is under a microscope.The conversation then turns deeper, as the pair get candid about the highs and lows of parenting: including the guilt, the overwhelm, and the truth that loving your kids doesn’t always mean loving every moment of being a mum.They also dive into social media pressures, fake perfection online, and what a more honest version of Instagram for mums would actually look like.Plus, there’s plenty of lighter moments too: from top five kids’ snacks (processed vs homemade sparks debate), to takeaway guilt, parenting “threats” we never follow through on, and the daily juggle of getting out the door on time.It’s the kind of episode that reminds you you’re definitely not the only one winging it.Grab a cuppa, get comfy, and join Georgia and Kelsey for another episode of Mum’s The Word.A Create Podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello, hello. He literally reminds me a place officer. Hello, hello. Hello, hello. We're back, people. Welcome to a brand new episode of Mums the Word. I'm Georgia Jones. And I'm Kelsey Parker. And today Kelsey speaks about why she's been a little bit quieter on social media recently.

And we chat about the partial realities of your child's parents evening. So grab a cup of. Get comfy. And let's jump into a brand new episode. Mum's the word. Parents' evening. Parents evening. Have you had yours?

Yes. Recently? Yes. When was mine? No, it wasn't that recent. Yeah, I think hours was just later in the year for some reason. We get one every term. Do you?

We get a parent's evening every term. Oh, private darling. Yeah, that's what you should get a private school. That's what you're paying for. Yeah, no, we just had this one. A parent tried to push in front of me, actually. Really? Yeah.

And you have your specific. specific time. Yeah, was you like, that is not your... I was like, no, no, you did not book that time. Honey. I booked that time. Thank you. Yeah, and if the teacher's running late...

Was. Because they just need to spend a few more minutes with, like, one person. Yeah. And their whole time's up. Oh, yeah. And everything just gets thrown right off. Why do they not give themselves a little... Was you confrontational with the mum?

No, I was just like, oh, no, we booked that time. And then... What did she say? And then... Did you have a fight at the school? Fight, fight. No, and then Cooper's teacher was like, Oh yes, it is Cooper's mommy and daddy's turn.

How's that? Well, they come back at you. Do you know what? Today I had like a bit of a confrontation with someone. Did you? I'm actually just a bit sick of people. Tell me, tells you just actually give it. No, so where the kids go to school, there's houses around it.

Yeah. Part of me goes, don't move opposite of school. Yeah. If you're going to moan. So the parking, obviously between 20 past eight and, well, 20 past 8 is the busiest time. Yeah. And where it is, with the cars, you have to park in certain places.

So someone pulled up today and they were on the zigzag. Oh, okay. So where I pulled up, I had to just pull up like a little bit behind. And I was hanging over this lady's drive. But bear in mind, I'm going to be there for like literally two minutes. Yeah. Get the kids out. Give them a kiss.

Get in through the gate. Yeah. Get in my car and go. But this woman has done it to me before. And when I saw this morning, I thought, Oh, it's you again. Oh, God. She told me before where I parked, I was like, look, I'm going to be here two seconds.

Like, you just want to go mind your own business? Was she rude with you? Yeah, she's got such a bad attitude and that's what I can't bear with people. Because I'm like, don't come. Do you know what she's like. No, she's just rude. Do impression of what she said this morning. But it's so funny because one of the other mums said to me literally yesterday, she went,

oh, she went, I parked by that lady's house and she came out and had a right old go at me. And then this morning, so she came out, she was off, walking somewhere. Oh, she wasn't needing to get a car out or anything like that. That's what drives me mad. Fair enough. If she's in a massive rush. She went, do you know you're parked over my drive?

And I went, yeah, I'm going to literally be, I'm getting in my car now. I said, I'm going. I said, I've been two seconds. And I said, and also there's a coach down there. I said, so no one can get through. So by me pulling here, people can actually get past. And you're not trying to get your car off the drive. Yeah.

Like, chill yourself out. Yeah. But it's like, why do you need that negative energy? because also you come with negativity, well, then all I'm going to come back to you is negativity. I did try and kill her with kindness. Yeah, that's what you've got to do there. But do you know what?

But you think don't live opposite of school. Don't live opposite of school. But also, right, she would have a point if she was in a rush to get to work, needed to get a car out, couldn't get out of her drive, right? Fair, annoying for her. But she wasn't needing that. No. She just had to say a piece.

But also, again, it's two minutes of her day. Two minutes. Two minutes of your day. Two minutes. Yeah. No, it's just... And you know you live opposite of school and you know when the hours are going to be busy. Like, I'm literally pulling off.

It's not really... But she just must have this hate in her... In her veins. Well, it probably happens to her all the time. So she's probably just like livid. I'd put some little bollards there if I, if it was me. But that's what I mean. Ring the Council.

Yeah, ring the Council. So get a yellow line on it if you're that actually bothered. Yeah. Well, that's it. Or like, get some... But you can't because actually then there's nowhere to park. And literally, it's just school drop. Yeah.

And it also... it's so quick because we don't have to go into the school. Oh, you just like go see ya. At the gate and then they go in. Yeah. No shit. I mean, some people just... Love moaning.

Yeah, just love them own. Like you and me too. Yeah. No, but I don't feel like I do and I feel like I'm really positive. And if someone did that outside my house, I'd be like, oh, I completely get it. Yeah, I'd be like... Like, it's just understanding, being an understanding person. Exactly.

And I think even if I was trying to get my car out, I'd be like, oh, I'm really sorry, but do you mind not park in here because I need to get my car out? I don't think I'd say it in a number. nasty, you know, in a nasty way. But even if you said that, I'd be like, I'm going to be one second. I'm just going to jump in and I'm going to go now. Yeah. I'm going to pull out.

Like, it's not the end of the world. It's not the end of the world. But yeah, she's had a go at me before. Has she? How old is she? Can we get her visual, what she looked like? She's quite, she's old. Older?

Older. She's not an old lady. She's not an old lady, but she just looked. She's never smiling. She's never happy. The last time I was shocked when she said something to me because you think, oh, hang on. This is actually not a.

You actually wasn't anywhere near her house the last time. She must just, like, get around the streets and just want, yeah, parole the streets. She probably just comes out at that time on purpose. She's like, yeah, what's school mum can I ever go at? But also, I'm like, don't mess with school moms because we are on a mission. Well, you're in a rush, you're already stressed. You've had to get to work and whatever else. It's like, come on, you've got to get out of the car.

Mom's got to go and do a podcast. But yeah, people are just... Samink House, isn't they? Sammy House. But weddings, Cuba's Parents' Evening, it was. It's all lovely. You have a nice chat with his teacher. And I was like, yeah, so, you know, I hate homework.

But I was like, yeah, Danny normally does like the math side of things. And I help him with the English side of things. And she was like, yeah, so he's doing really well in everything. The only area is English. I was like, no, English. I was like, oh, so the one area that I'm helping him with is the one area that he needs to do better in. No, it's just his capital letters, but I can help with that. But honestly, like, do your kids do homework?

O'Reilly has homework, Boney doesn't. Boney is actually going to be such a do-go-a-tho, though, because he gets books, so we have to read. Oh. And he wants to do the reading. He is just so, like, on it, so. Oh, that's cute. Erelia is hard work.

Hard work. I mean, like, I struggle with the homework side of things. It's not like we always talk about homework on this. Yeah, we do, we do. But what was my point? Oh, my God, perimenopause. What was my point? 40 before fully.

What are we talking about? I haven't mentioned my run yet. Yeah, no, what I feel like with the homework is they've already done so much at school, they don't need to come back and do any more. And I can't do it either. Like, honestly, some of the English stuff, it's like these words, like, not adjectives.

Actually, no, I don't know what an adjective is. Do you? Off the top of your head? There's an adjective. are doing that? Doing what? I spoke about

this last night on my travel meeting. I was like they drilled the nouns. Adjective. You don't even need it

just go and chat GPT. Well, I have had to start, Dom's coming in to tell us what an adjective. Describing word.

Describing word. It's a describing word but everyone was probably screaming that at the podcast as well. That's it. Kelsey and Georgia. I went to

performing out school. Neat. I don't. than sang half the day. I didn't. I don't even have an excuse. But like, I have to Google what all these bloody words mean.

Yeah. It's just hard. Well, you don't really go through life being like, oh, that's an adjective. No, that's a noun. You don't. But anyway. Ser ones I've got.

What else is there? There we go. I've done my parents evening rant now. But yeah, so that was it. Well, when we have parents evening, Aurelia's just so nice. And I was a bit like to her, you need to be husher on her.

Were you? I know. She's literally like the nicest lady in the whole entire world. Oh, is she? So lovely. Is she? Yeah, well, actually, both her teachers are so lovely.

That's what you want, isn't it? Like, you want just a nice teacher. The nurture, the love that they get. I always hope that Cooper's teacher, you know, because they get a new one every year, don't they? Oh, do you always get a new one every year? Yeah. You pray for like...

Yeah. I remember there was one year and Cooper was like, oh, no child wanted this specific teacher because apparently she was very, very strict. Yeah, they know within the school. Yeah, because that's the teacher that makes him like, sit, don't talk when you're sat down in assembly. Yeah, I kind of don't want me to get that teacher either

because I wouldn't have wanted a scary teacher. You just want nice, love. Just want nice, just want nice. So, Kels, you have been, we've all noticed, you've been a little bit quieter on social media recently. Are you okay? Well, I do feel like I stuck the urine, like, oh, I'm going to smash social media,

I'm going to be so on it. And one, I think it's so hard to be on it all the time. And also, I think where we're at, like, whatever I say is picked up. So you just think, oh, what can I actually say? It's been a really hard time with everything that I've been going through lately. Yeah. And I just needed a bit of a break.

But like my community that I've built on there, I absolutely love them. And they're so supportive. And I feel like, oh, they need to see more. And they're just so happy when I do post. Yeah. It's hard, though, isn't it, like, to show up when you're feeling a certain way. That's what battles me about some people, even when they're, like, having a really hard time,

they're just constantly posting. I'm like, I don't know how you do it? No, but also what you find with people is when they're having a bad time, they make that the narrative, but I can't do that because I'm positive. Yeah, yeah. You know like when they're having a bad time,

they're like, oh, they like that is their... Well, you do talk about like... I talk about it, but I'm not, I can't let that bring me down and be like... Yeah. I feel like for me, that's not my platform and not my place because I am positive. Yeah, whereas my platform.

It's just negativity. I do like to share the I do share the highs and the lows, I would say. But I think you do to a point as well. I know, and I feel like I'm really real. Yeah, you're very honest. You don't look at my Instagram and think, oh wow, that's perfect.

Look at a perfect little neat house and wherever else. I'm definitely not that person. No. I mean, I was thinking, I was doing an ad yesterday and I was like, oh, I just really can't be off to put makeup on. But I've actually been told off by brands before for not wearing makeup.

No, you are actually kidding me. Yeah, but I don't wear loads of makeup. That's not me. That is awful. I went to a brand and they said, can she reshoot it and puts some makeup on? That's really bad. I spat then because I was so shocked for how bad that was.

What? Yeah. No, that's awful. But I'm like, my whole thing is being Kelsey, so it's like authentic to me. If I wake up in the morning and don't put makeup on, like that's how you're going to get your content shot because that's me.

I often shoot content without makeup. I don't really wear loads of makeup. Like, unless I'm coming up here. Yeah, unless you're going somewhere and you've had your makeup done. Yeah, I mean, I'm like too extreme. You are too extreme. You must just be like, wow, how did I get so not lucky? Don't be down.

It's like, yeah, this girl that I met who had her makeup done all the time and she just looked absolutely fantastic. And then the girl I came home with was like, oh. Hey, listen, Danny the other day I held up these pair of like, slipper socks. Bed socks. He was like, what the fuck are these? I was like, what they're for when my feet get cold?

And he's like, please don't wear those around me. Also, my pink crox is banned. And I'm like, no, no. Does he hate crocs? Oh, he hates Crocs. Will hates Crocs. Does he? Hates them.

He thinks they should literally be burned. Yeah, so understanding. I'm like, a minor like neon pink as well. Yeah, I've got like tie-dye ones that are like every colour. But they're ever so comfy. I mean, don't get me wrong. I wouldn't wear them out. I wouldn't wear them out of the house.

personal preference. Yeah. No judgment. No judgment if you wear crox. Listen, we're listening and we don't judge. But they're just not a good house shoe. They're a great garden shoe. They're a great garden shoe.

I have to hide them now because Stolmobosy wants to eat them. Oh yeah. But they're my camping shoe as well. Yeah, great camping shoe. With the fluffy bed socks. Don't tell Danny. Oh God. He's just brought me back actually as well.

Hanson T-shirt to wear to bet because Hanson were my favourite band growing up. Oh, so you've got a Hansen shirt. I've got a Hansen t-shirt, but it feels a bit weird because the picture of them is when they're all, like, in the prime Hanson days. So like, but they're all teenagers. And I'm like, it's something weird me wearing a t-shirt with young boys on. It's a bed. He is three years older than me.

Can I clarify Taylor, the one that I fancy. But in this one that I fancy, what you still fancy him? Oh, yeah, he's still really, really handsome. Handsome. Handsome. Yeah, he's gorgeous as Taylor from Hanson. They only had like one hit though, didn't they? No, absolutely not, Kelsey.

I mean, that was the main hit. Yeah, what else did they sing? Penny and me. Sing it? Penny and me tonight, because Penny and me like to roll the windows down. No? Don't know it? I think I only know the one song.

Oh, no. Listen, I will give you a Hanson listening party if you want one. Can't wait. Sign me up for that. I can't believe I just did a bit of a sing on a podcast as well, which was absolutely... A bit of a sing. A bit of a sing. I did a bit of a sing. And I did a bit of a thing and it was a sing.

Can we cut me singing out, please, Dom? He's going to put it in the clips. That's going to be the main clip now, isn't it? Don't you dare? Don't you dare. Don't you dare. Dom's our producer, by the way. I feel like sometimes we say Dom and nobody knows who we're talking about. Dom is the producer. So, yeah, so do you feel like, since you've posted less you feel

a bit better? Also, I just feel like I'm so busy with life at the moment. I've got so much happening. Then I'm like, oh my God, I've not posted it. Well, as well, like, you get so busy with your life and then you forget to take photos of those busy bits and you're like, I could have shared that, but I'm so busy with it.

I didn't have time to think about it. I can't do a carousel which performs really well. For some reason, still images are performing better than reals. We can't keep up with you Instagram. This is the problem. Stop changing your mind on everything We're the OGs It used to just take pictures

And do carousels Yeah, that's what we used to do Then it was like, no, you must do reals They decided doing rules And I was like, no, you now need to do swiping Just can't get up with it It is quite nice sometimes when you like To have a break

Yeah, or making a conscious effort Of having a break But I don't know whether you're the same No, you're definitely not the same But I just have a panic when I do it Well, it's a break Yeah. To break.

To have a break. To have a break. Yeah. I do have a panic when I have a break. Well, what do you think? Well, you're going to lose all you follow us. Yeah, I just think everyone's going to be like, I'll see you then. No, I think it actually leaves...

Then wanting more. Oh, well, there we go. Jing, did you see it? I wonder what George's up to. Yeah, what's George is up to? She's got a glass of wine and around somewhere. She's got to. What pub is she in there?

No, do you know what? When Carousels came back in again, I was like, right, what can I post for my weekly rounder I was like, oh, another picture of me with a glass of wine. Oh, another picture of me with a glass of wine. Me and a man with a glass of wine. Me taking Cooper out of dinner with a glass of wine. I was like, I don't think I could post all these pictures. Mum's going to start worrying.

Yeah, put it on them, just put it little red next to it. A little red wine. Yeah, no, so I just like to go out drinking wine a lot. What can I say? Oh, right, Dom's put a question in our little notes. And he said, I'm asking you this, Kels. So be prepared. If you could redesign social media for mums, what would it look like?

That's a really hard question. A hard question. I don't know. Do you know that's a really hard question? Because I find some people just so fake on Instagram. Why did you stare at me for a really long time then when you say it? No, I don't think you're fake. No, you don't like some people are really fake and...

Yeah. I don't know. No, I agree with you. I feel like some people. Make it look like a walk in the park. Yeah, yeah. I feel like it's moving more and more away from that. But, like, yeah, some people do it.

I feel like there should be, there should be like a bullshit filter. Yeah. AI. Yeah, an alert goes off when somebody is pretending that their life is absolutely wonderful and all roses and it's not. And it just doesn't an alarm. But no one's is. I'm telling you now,

The people that post, there's no way that their kids haven't kicked off in the morning or they've not been happy about the outfit they're wearing or the wrong food came over. The kids have had a meltdown. Yeah. Whoever your child is. Do you know what? Do you know what Instagram should be more like you group WhatsApp chat with your mates?

I think we'd all literally be. We'd all be cancelled. But, no, like this morning for instance, me and my two best mates, one of them just message. She sent a voice note. She went, Marnin, girls. I've just had my little one having an 25-minute tantrum, and I've just dropped her off, and I am exhausted.

And then the other one was like, well, it's fine, because I just sent my kid to school in his trousers, and they were on back to front. And I was like... It's really hard. Being a parent is really hard. Yeah, it is. Whatever they're doing.

Yeah, yeah. It is. And it's like, it's nice to have that, like, network. Yeah. especially a network of honesty and people being like yeah, this is hard or I've just done this this morning.

Poor old Will has obviously been like dropped into the parent zone isn't he's like he didn't sign up for this but now he's a parent and he does football with Bodie the other day Bodie just kicked off and was like I'm not going football but I'd left for dancing

so Will's ringing me like he doesn't want to go football I said you can't let him win I said he needs to get into that car Yeah. Regardless, I said you've got, I said Will, because Will's like so nice. So he actually hates being horrible to the kids or what he would feel would be.

Or like, like, discipline. Whereas I'm like, no, he's actually good at discipline. He doesn't say too many words. He's just like, nope, that's it. And they don't argue with Will. They never argue with Will. And I was like, you've got to get him into that car. I was like, whatever the scenario is.

He's not even dressed. I said, we'll get his clothes together. And I said, and put him in the car in his boxer shorts. He was like really I was like yes I said we need to get him to football otherwise he's won Yeah yeah and then it is that battle Of being like you're battling with

I'm battling with five world Well then it'll be a downward spiral Because he'll be like he's got away with it Yeah work last time So I want to do it again So he got in there Did he? Will got in there

I'm so proud of you Will He was like yeah that was hard though Yeah but he's he's got hypothermia Because I put him in his box Yeah He'll carry his box his box He got ready He got his kit on when he got there.

Why didn't he want to go? I don't know. He was having a bit of a week of it that week of why active it is. Just not wanting to do him? Yeah, I think with... Boney doesn't like the thought, like whereas the rail is so exciting to do everything. Oh yeah.

Whereas Bode doesn't really like the thought of it, but when he's there, he's fine. Oh, do you know, Cooper's a bit like Bordy in that sense. Oh, and I think the boat was rocked because he thought he was going with Dean and Albie, but Will had got back from working. in time so Will was saving him. So it wasn't actually going his way.

Right. I don't think kids are very good with change though. No, but also you have to get on with change because life changes really quickly. Baudy, I feel your pain. Baudy, if you're listening. I feel you. I get it.

Change is hard sometimes. I'm just like that. I'm just like the brutal baron. If my plan changed five minutes before I was about to leave, I would panic and be like, oh. Yeah, well, we thought he was going to go with his mate. I get it. But that's not happening now, so.

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We're doing something new this week. I know. What the hell was this? What is we're throwing the deep. What the? So we're doing, and mum's the word, top fives, starting with this week. which is what are the top five kids snacks?

Right, Kells, I've got my first one. Yeah, what's your first one? It's Malteseers. Oh, I love a Maltese. Oh, I love a Maltese. Cooper's well into Malteseers now and he calls them small geezers. Can I have one in the small geyses?

Mommy, can I have some small geyses? It doesn't tell that at all. But the other day, to the point where the other day, and this pissed me off, because I went into the service station and I got him a little Maltiser Easter bunny thing and I was like, oh, he's going to love that and I got myself a bag of Maltisers.

And he wanted the bag of Maltises. Of course. So, see, I thought you were going to poo-poo those because they're not healthy. Well, I think everything within moderation. Okay. So in our house, biscuits are like a must. We don't have biscuits.

Oh, my kids love a biscuit. Top biscuit. Bulbin. Oh, God. Kelsey. Marks and Spencer's Bulbans. Now, Matt's a Spencer you speak in my language

but just a bourbon. No, they love a bourbon. Do they? Yeah, and a castage cream. That is such a grandma biscuit. What would you go for? Chocolate covered hobnob for myself.

Yeah. And then I reckon, oh, shortbread, I love a short bread. How can you actually just say that I picked the grandma A shortbread? A shortbread? Yeah.

And then I reckon Cooper would go a cookie every time. Yeah, my kids do love a cookie. White chocolate cookie. But I feel like a bourbon and that's not that bad if they're going to have that as a little... I just think everything...

Like, say if they had one at lunchtime and then they want one for dinner, I'm like, no, you've had a bourbon already today. Oh, are they only limited to one barb in a day? She runs a tight ship to our girls. Talking about M&S food, though, M&S, frozen croissants, and frozen pan of chocolates and then you just bung your air fryer on.

Cooper does have a pan of chocolate on a morning sometimes for breakfast. Oh. Is that a bit, is that a bit bougie? That's a bit boozy and a little bit bad. A bit unhealthy. No, I don't think, I think the quosons would be better if you were looking for a healthier version because they've got nothing in. They've got a shitload of butter inkels.

Yeah, but if it's like actual good butter, then it's not bad for you. Okay. I love it. I love when George, like... Obviously, if they're using like good butter, then that's fine. Can I ask you thought from Nutella? It's rite seed oils. Well, Nutella's really bad, I think. So, elegant Nutella snack pot, you know, with a little dipping biscuits. Oh, the dippy biscuits.

That I know from you. That's like a one, if they have that, like... Like a one off. Yeah, like a Friday, they could have that. Okay. Go on, give me something else. Hit me. Hit me. Obviously, I like to make things.

Here she is And you So we like making sausage rolls Or as a little snack And if you were to make a sausage roll Can you just run me through the process? They're well easy to make

Is it just a bit of Is it a bit of Buy the pastry in If you don't want to make the pastry Do you make the pastry? No I don't know I've got time for that So I buy the pastry in

Then you get the sausage So you get your sausage Put your sausage meat into a bowl Then whatever you want with that Do you buy your sausage meat? Like, do you buy your sausages? You can buy a sausage meat, but I'll just buy my sausages and put my sausages in there. And I only go to the butchers as well.

She only gets the best sausage meat as alcohol. I think supermarket brands now. My tummy's rumbling. She's been right of those sausage rolls. I'll bring you one of my homemade sausage rolls. Thank you. Do you like stuffing? Yeah, I love stuffing.

Yeah, so I'll put stuffing in them as well. A bit of salt and pepper, bosh. Then you then literally lay your pastry. out, make a strip of your sausage meat, fold it over, put some fork marks up there, cut it, stick it in the, put a bit of egg wash. Yeah, egg wash on it and then in the oven, easy. Okay, right. As a school pick up snack, that's really good.

As a school pick up snack? Yeah. Do your kids have a snack when you pick them up from school? Georgia, we're on to the next thing. We're on to activities till whatever time. Like tonight, I pick them up. We don't get back until half past six, quarter seven for activities. So they don't have their tea on.

Till six o'clock, half six, we'll have dinner, and we'll sit down together. I'll allow the after-school snack then. Yeah. Could you say? Is that quite a common thing, an after-school snack? Yeah. But saying that, actually, to be fair to you, Kels. Yeah.

Cooper goes to after-school club. So they feed them in there. They feed him there, don't they? Yeah. Yeah, so I take it off. Everything I just said, ignore. Take it back. I take it back.

I take it back. Yeah, and also I'm picking up at like 10 past three. Yeah. And then they're not eating dinner till later. Fair. Fair. I'll allow it. Do you know what I still buy for Cooper? And I used to buy this for him when he was a baby,

and they're quite expensive, but he loves them. And in my head, I think they're really healthy. You know, and I think they are. You know the organics range, they do these fruity bakes that are basically almost like a figy roll. You know, like, do you remember figgy rolls from when you're little? So the fruity bakes, he loves them, and then they just do like the flap jacks.

Yeah, yeah, I know, yeah. And in my head, they're really healthy, so he's all good with them. They're probably not, probably full of sugar, who knows? Yeah, and well, it's just preservatives, isn't it? Yeah, they put in stuff now. Kel's, okay. Again, though, everything within moderation, because when you go down the rabbit hole, you literally wouldn't feed your kids anything.

Well, it's really hard because Cooper loves a ham sandwich. Yeah, I know Kelse just did an absolute wide eye at me there. It's like, what ham? Not the way for thin ham. He loves a way for thin ham. And yeah, I know, yeah, I know, Kelsey. And I'm well aware that it's a bag of shit. But unfortunately for me, I have a fussy eater that loves a ham sandwich.

What ham would you recommend, Kelsey? Go to the butcher's. Shall I go to the butchers? He doesn't like thick ham, though. Well, yeah, just keep with the way for fin. If that's what he likes, just feed it to him. But obviously, it's not great. Mini cheddars?

No judgment. No judgment. Mini chedds? Yeah, mini chedd shed. They're baked. Yeah. They're baked. They're baked.

They're baked. But it is scary, George, because if you look at the back of everything now, there is so much crap in everything. They're literally just poisoned us. They are, though. My little conspiracy theorist over there. It's not a conspiracy theory. Look at the back. They are.

The processed foods that they give us now, I mean, we've really started saying, why did you add this into our thing? Yeah, Dom, we're going to fall out. What are you doing? No, the processed foods now have changed dramatically and it's scary. and, you know, the body coach went through it. They only have to tick a few boxes. A few boxes. Did you watch his program?

Whose? The body coach. He literally made this protein bar, which was like the deaf bar. No, because for me, Kelsey, I don't know whether you realise this about me. Ignorance is absolute bliss. You, it's not, George. It's not. No, I know it's not.

That's exactly why I don't watch the news. Or Joe Wixie's documentary. No, and it was really interesting because, like, Orrubes. Oreos are so bad. Oreos are really bad. Throw them out when I get home? Yeah, they're really bad. Why?

They're just literally, it's just chemicals. You're just feeding chemicals. Oh, God, I thought it was just a biscuit. Research it. Research it. It's actually quite scary. Kelsey, I think you might have a hard stack if you came around to my house. I want to go through it and be like, right, get that out, get that out.

Hey, one thing Cooper does love as a snack. I don't know how many snacks I've listed now. I might have gone over my five limit. He does love a Greek yogurt with honey. Yeah, that's great. loves a Greek yoga with honey. I feel like that was going to Greece. He got a bit cultured.

He had real Greek yogurt. See, but that's our dessert in our house. No, Cooper has that as dessert. That's it. Followed by a magnum. People are like, God, Kelsey's so many. No, look, my kids do have ice creams and stuff. They do have bad things, but I just think I look into what I'm feeding them.

But I've gone for a completely different experience to other people, and I went down the biggest rabbit hole of all time. Yeah. So when you're down there. Yeah. Well, I totally get that, Kells, because there's a lady I follow on Instagram

and I actually can't watch her post. Can't look at her post sometimes. Because she always talks about how bad, how alcohol gives you cancer. And I just love a glass of wine. And I don't know whether I'm willing to give up my glass of wine. To be fair, if you're drinking expensive, like,

good wine, it's not bad for you. It's obviously the stuff that's, again, full of, like, chemicals and cheap. But if you're drinking a nice glass of red or... Do you drink red, don't you? Yeah, I do. Do you drink red, though? Yeah, you do. I do. I feel like that when we've been out, you've drunk white, so I don't know if you're red. Depends whether it's...

Do you drink red wine? Yeah. Yeah. Summer is a rose or a white. Winter is a red. Oh, okay. Great. I'm teetering up now. I'm a bit unsure what wine I'm on at the moment. Oh, are you? Yeah, because it's weather keeps teasing me.

He does know what to do. No. But if you had a really expensive glass of red, you can taste the difference. Also, you won't get hungover on it because it's a good grape. I mean, that is bullshit. But... No, but it's not as chemically. You won't actually get as...

It's not, yeah, I will say, good wines aren't quite as bad. No. Thought, like, as in hangover wise. So, yeah, that's where I'm at. I mean, I don't know why we put the whole snack question up, Dom. So basically, mine is all processed shit. Kelsey's is all homemade. It's not all homemade.

I do let my kids have crap. I'm joking. I'm only one. You know that. Sometimes I give him a donut. Hey, made, of course. No, I'm joking. With organic jam.

And I go from the bag of garden and I made myself. Right, there is this girl that I follow on TikTok and I'm actually obsessed with her and that's what she does. Is she a trad wife? She's what? Is she a trad wife? you know the tradwife trend thing where they're like traditional wives

where they make everything by hand. Oh yeah no she is. She is. She's the one that does. I first like, she's like, oh, she used to do her husband's pack lunches.

Pack my husband's lunches. Pack my husband's lunche with me. Oh. While he goes off to London. She actually speaks like this as well. She got a lovely voice and you just, but she's got now an allotment outside. She makes all her own stuff.

She makes bread. Do you ever wonder how they've got that much time? Oh, she used to make, well, I want to say she used to make cakes. And obviously she built, a TikTok following from making cakes. She's made a job out of what she loves to do. All right, well, fair enough then.

And she does, do you ever watch their ones that come, what do they call it? Like basically bulk cook with me. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. And that's when you think, oh, I should really be doing that. Well, yeah, that's why I don't watch those ones. Then your whole Sunday would be just cooking. Cooking.

It would just be bulk cooking, yeah. I don't have time, I'm afraid to bulk cook. He ain't got time for it. I can get time for that. Right, well, we agreed to disagree on some things and other things. Well, I'll be coming and try some of your sausage rolls. Yeah. And listen, maybe even I'll try and make some by myself.

Because Cooper does love a sausage roll. Yeah, you'll easily be able to make them. Yeah, I just normally get my Greg's one. But I won't anymore, Kelsey. You're not going to. I won't. I'm going to make my own, okay? I feel like your mom would be like a...

My mum is. Yeah, my mum's a proper home cook. Yeah, I just got that vibe from your mum. Yeah, yeah. But she does... She must be so disappointed of you still. No, because she's got my sister

who does batch-cook, grows everything in her garden. Does she? Yeah, yeah. She is that person. Oh, tell her, she's starting Instagram doing batch cooking.

On TikTok about, they absolutely smash it. Do they? Yeah. No wonder you've started doing it. I see what you're doing. Yeah, that's it trying to build you but I'm not social media at the moment.

So I'm not building anything. She builds a own path. I'm no following. Yeah, you do. Shall we do? Shall we do? Sorry, I'm just in shock after that conversation. Shall we do, we listen.

And we don't judge. Sometimes I make my kids dinner and then order myself something different once they're in bed. I feel like they can smell it. What have you eaten? I mean, Cooper wouldn't care less about that because he wouldn't want anything from a takeaway anyway. Does he not really like it? No, no, he's not really bothered. No, he'd rather have something.

But obviously some kids are. Yeah, some kids are. Oh, that's so funny. I think there's nothing wrong with that. Because if you want to make them a simple dinner and then you just think, oh, I just mess up to something. The amount of times you've cooked and then you're like, I can't be bothered.

But then for me now, when, like, don't you think with some takeaways, you think how can I warrant spending that amount of money? How, right, how expensive a takeaway is now? And you just think actually you're just poisoning ourselves by getting it. Well, I had a Nandoz the other day. Yeah, Nando's isn't. Yeah, Randoz is chicken and... And 20 quid.

Yeah. 20 quid for a butterfly chicken, spicy rice and hulumi. 20 pounds, Kells. Yeah, and then you think what would you could have probably going to bolt that and made it? But a chicken bread. I mean... I did a fake-away. Did you not see my Nandoz fake-away that I made?

I don't think I did see Nandos fake-away. I made a Nandoz fake-away. It's actually really nice. Was it? Yeah. Oh. And it probably saved me. Well, think, if you're doing a family of four...

Oh my God, yeah. Like, oh, the... M&S, I think I've talked about this before, the M&S, I'm sponsored by M&S today, their butter-based, like, ready-cooked chicken. Oh, what are you going by? Oh my God, it is out of this world. And you can make so many meals from it as well. Yeah, exactly.

I do think one solid whole roast chicken. I think we are more obsessed with takeaways than we've ever been. Yeah, it's ease. Yeah, because everything's like there now. Yeah, everything's there. Saturday night when we were kids would be like if your mum went, we're going to get a Chinese. Yeah, or fish and chips. And you were like, you just literally couldn't believe it. Yeah. Now these kids are like, oh, are we not getting a deliveroo? Oh yeah. And like anything you want,

like anything you want, you can just get it on deliveroo now. Like, dad, me and Danny were getting something on. We were doing, oh, we were getting some groceries. I mean, couldn't be able to go to the shop. So we're getting some groceries. Ten minutes at you do. Yeah. And some of the things. things that you could see that you could order. But do you think this is a problem now? Yeah, because it's just so convenient. Life is just convenience now. But then when life isn't convenient in other aspects, people can't cope because everything's

like, yeah, that. And it's like when you order an Uber, you're like, how is it eight minutes for an Uber? Yeah. Eight minutes. Like that's not long at all. It's 10 8 minutes to get in your car. Back in the day when we was ordering our taxis to go out. You have to pre-order.

Yeah, you have to pre-order your taxi. At least a day before. Yeah, and actually pick you up from the pub. Oh my God, and God forbid you forgot to do it. That would be it. You're walking home. You're walking home. An hour in the snow, which I did want one year's eve.

What else have we got? Is it bad? I care more about getting out the door on time than what they eat for breakfast. I mean, I'm partial to giving Cooper a cocoa pop on a morning. To get him out the door? Yeah, I think if you're in a rush, just. But there is other stuff you can provide if you are in a rush. Yeah.

Have you ever, what, like what? Well, like, wheat a bics, I wouldn't say are that bad. No, and also, have you ever, like, giving them, like, a banana in the car on the way to school if you've been in that much of a rush? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So, I mean, it's not the end of the world. My rush day is always a Saturday morning when we're out for K to go.

Oh, yeah, of course. And it's an early start, and that's when, oh, my God. Yeah. The feeding everyone. Oh my God, every time we talk about food, my tummy. She is hungry, hungry, I'm a hungry, getting married, Dom, on your headphones. I know you don't agree. Hang on a second.

But I've threatened consequences. I had no intention of following through on to get them off their screams. Because I don't agree with not, we don't agree with not following through on a threat. Like if they don't, yeah, but if you've threatened them, that's quite a strong word, isn't it? Yeah, well, if you've told them. screens in the first place. If you've said to them there's going to be a consequence and they don't come off their screen,

then yeah, I don't agree with that. You need to follow through on that, on that. And I just think if you're ever going to do a threat, it's got to be something that you'll follow free with. Yeah, it has. Like, never, ever, ever say, if you do that again, we're going home, if you really don't want to go home.

Because you're not going to go home. You're not, and then they're just walking around like that. Yeah. Yeah. But we were going home, you drink you wine. Just don't do it. Don't do it. What else?

I've started pretending to be asleep, so they stopped talking to me. It's in the morning when they come in, you're like, would your kids stop talking to you if you pretended to be asleep? No. Why didn't you have what I, I think? Cooper wouldn't. Or would be like, I know you're not asleep. I know you're not asleep.

Yeah. No, Cooper wouldn't just go at me until I woke up or pretended not to be asleep. Do you ever feel like you love your kids but don't always love being a mum? Yes, 100%. Like, you wouldn't be normal if that didn't actually go through your head. Do you know when I don't love being a mum?

And I always feel ever so guilty for it, but fuck it. Like, we all feel this. Is when you've got something really exciting planned and it's been in the diary for ages and then your kid gets sick and you can't do it and you have to cancel it. And you're like,

I just feel a real unfairness. And I feel terrible for feeling it, but I'm like, I think it's just a normal way to feel. You're like sad and fed up because you can't do that thing that you're really excited about doing. Yeah, we're a bit gutted, aren't you? Yeah, gutted, but you've got to be a parent.

You're like, oh, selfish. Honestly, I think that is such a valid, valid feeling. 100%. I'll always love Cooper with every ounce of my being. Yeah. But sometimes... And I... We say it all the time.

Being a parent is the hardest job you ever do. That's why you're all listening to this, because it is hard and it is normal to feel the stress of being a parent. Yeah, and to not always love it. And it's fine to not always love it. I think 99.9% of the population, actually probably 100% of the population, don't always love it. So, Kowse, that's a wrap on another episode. Oh, my God.

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