Parenting Hell Podcast #3

[DrMeredithGrey]

I would have liked to hear more about the boarding school! I also loved the idea of boarding school when I was young as I loved the Mallory towers books. I bet reality is way different! Wonder how it’s affected her relationship with her daughter.

I also used to BEG to go to boarding school. Like you say, symptom of the books I used to read.
which is actually quite funny, as we wouldn’t have been able to afford a term of school dinners, let alone the actual fees!
also, interesting that she boards for 3 nights - is this a compromise between the 2 of them perhaps? Luisa did say that everyone boards, and I can’t see Luisa being the driving force behind it…with the help she has it wouldn’t make any difference to the amount of childcare she has to provide.

 

[CoraSP]

Had to turn it off after about 7 minutes of these two as guests. Too much yapping on top of each other and Luisa especially is just someone that really grates in me - she's insufferable. Hopefully a nicer guest next week!

 

[Alicedownthehole]

Everyone slating Louisa for having 2 Nannie’s when Josh also does though 🫣

 

[Potatopatato]

Everyone slating Louisa for having 2 Nannie’s when Josh also does though 🫣

Not really the same though. He has a nanny who comes in and technically babysits while they work etc. Luisa has 2 who live in, working 4 days on then off on rotation. They're there all day long whether luisa is working or not. They take them on holidays too.

 

[tastycrepe]

I went to boarding school and whilst there were many good memories it was really traumatic. Most staff who look after you are in early 20's and there is no emotional support. I lived in a room of 6 girls and it was an absolute stress minefield. They are my best friends still, but we regularly discuss how we would never send our own kids there, and we have all had years of therapy for it since lol.
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also re the arts. that chat made me so angry. Try and go through your day without tv, music, even having podcast producers etc... it doesn't happen. we need the arts and the perception that it doesn't make money isn't strictly true. I'm self employed and make enough money in it despite having a 'niche silly degree'.

 

[Marshallmum1982]

Not really the same though. He has a nanny who comes in and technically babysits while they work etc. Luisa has 2 who live in, working 4 days on then off on rotation. They're there all day long whether luisa is working or not. They take them on holidays too.

Really though- I don't get peoples issues with that? Just because we can't all afford to or don't want to do that means no one else should and we should look down on people who do? There's so much reverse snobbery goes on these days.

 

[ByTheWay]

Really though- I don't get peoples issues with that? Just because we can't all afford to or don't want to do that means no one else should and we should look down on people who do? There's so much reverse snobbery goes on these days.

I'm afraid I do judge people who have children and don't actually want to interact with them, as it makes a huge difference to their development as people. It's why most of the politicians in the country are absolute sociopaths, because they were abandoned at 7 to people who had to be paid to look after them.

I'm going to sound a bit like a gob I know, but I'm sure most of us want to raise children as empathetic people who contribute to their community and try to make life a bit better for everyone. I don't really want my children to be "all about the graft" stepping on people to get ahead in life. I think that's an awful attitude to have towards others.

Off my soapbox now sorry!!

 

[Affiliatemebaby]

We’ve come a long way from other comedians sharing the absurdities of parenting during lockdown, when everything was so weird and the podcast was a great vent to be on and listen to, to someone who has an 18 bedroom mansion and a team of staff and who barely mentioned her children. The last point probably just came out of the limited time for the interview but it didn’t reflect the reasons many of started listening in the first place. This isn’t the only interview that’s felt wrong though - any of them with someone who is plugging something, has clearly been told this podcast has a big listenership and happens to have had kids don’t really hit home to me.

 

[BaggyBertha]

Everyone slating Louisa for having 2 Nannie’s when Josh also does though 🫣

I hear you although her situation is absolute extreme .
No one slates Josh’s wife who seems to be absent a VERY large amount of the time.
The kids appear to be with paid help ,in-laws or Josh’with’ the in-laws.
I do love both the boys but Josh is pathetic in his need to have someone with him all the time if he’s got his kids and ,his Mrs? just ducks off all the time!
Yea Luisa’s situation is mental .. full time Nanny’s but… we can’t pick and choose here …
Josh gets sheds loads of help paid or not… yet he still whines and moans all the time .

 

[sodit]

Josh said recently that his wife is usually away like Sun-Tues but cos they record on a Monday morning he’s always in the thick of it which makes it sound worse. And it was a fixed term project keeping her away which should have ended now, or be about to.

But it is just different parenting styles I guess. If I came into lots of money I’d be outsourcing the non-parenting parts of my life like cleaning, cooking, gardening etc and enjoying the fun bits of toddler life. Some people would rather use childcare to do some of those things themselves.
Probs helps that I have a bang average job I do for the income, not because it thrills me. Lots of these celebs would be turning down ‘work’ that’s either fun or lucrative, and is irregular/unpredictable hours so doesn’t sit well with conventional childcare.
I do wish the guest episodes at least tried to be on the theme of parenting though, hate the shill episodes especially when the guest isn’t interesting in general.

 

[Longtimebrowser]

I hear you although her situation is absolute extreme .
No one slates Josh’s wife who seems to be absent a VERY large amount of the time.
The kids appear to be with paid help ,in-laws or Josh’with’ the in-laws.
I do love both the boys but Josh is pathetic in his need to have someone with him all the time if he’s got his kids and ,his Mrs? just ducks off all the time!

If they were going to slate Josh’s wife shouldn’t they slate actual Rob or Josh first who can spend huge amounts of time away from their families? No one is saying they duck off all the time. I hate the double standard.

 

[welshgirl2021]

I hear you although her situation is absolute extreme .
No one slates Josh’s wife who seems to be absent a VERY large amount of the time.
The kids appear to be with paid help ,in-laws or Josh’with’ the in-laws.
I do love both the boys but Josh is pathetic in his need to have someone with him all the time if he’s got his kids and ,his Mrs? just ducks off all the time!
Yea Luisa’s situation is mental .. full time Nanny’s but… we can’t pick and choose here …
Josh gets sheds loads of help paid or not… yet he still whines and moans all the time .

Wow harsh to say she ducks off all the time. Josh’s wife has been away Sun-Tues renovating a house in Devon. I follow the IG page she has done an amazing job its beautiful she clearly has a very good eye for interior design

 

[hippolife]

I went to boarding school and I loved it. But I didn’t start until I was 13. I couldn’t imagine sending an 8 year old away, but if my kids want to board when they’re teenagers then I’d definitely encourage it.

 

[girl123467]

TBF rose is always away. I've known people to do renovations in other countries of properties and only go there once every month. There is face time, email, text call.. why does rose have to leave Josh all the time

 

[Potatopatato]

Really though- I don't get peoples issues with that? Just because we can't all afford to or don't want to do that means no one else should and we should look down on people who do? There's so much reverse snobbery goes on these days.

I agree. I'd do it if I had their money. Also it's like Downton Abbey if anyone hasn't seen it just Google it. it's not just a big house. Its enormous and cost about £15 million. There's no way you could live somewhere like that and take care of it yourself. It would take 4 weeks to cut the grass.

 

[Marshallmum1982]

I agree. I'd do it if I had their money. Also it's like Downton Abbey if anyone hasn't seen it just Google it. it's not just a big house. Its enormous and cost about £15 million. There's no way you could live somewhere like that and take care of it yourself. It would take 4 weeks to cut the grass.

Definitely! I do think a massive bit of context was missing around her living situation.
And as someone said further up, its all about different parenting styles, which is the whole point of the pod- I dont want to hear about people like me who have to dash around doing the school run and working, it would soon get really boring

 

[DrMeredithGrey]

Rose was working, maybe her renovation style is different to the people you know. Maybe she was matching the time that her friend/business partner spent there? Maybe she felt like it was easier to be there rather than trying to be involved over the phone, and didn’t see the need to be a martyr considering the children could be home with their dad/grandma/a babysitter.
Both Rob & Josh work away for periods for time, I don’t think I’ve ever read a negative comment on here about them ‘bleeping off all the time’

 

[Fifah1907]

I went to boarding school and I loved it. But I didn’t start until I was 13. I couldn’t imagine sending an 8 year old away, but if my kids want to board when they’re teenagers then I’d definitely encourage it.

My Sisters went to boarding school as we moved abroad - one sister was 13 but was already boarding Mon-Fri before then. My other sister was 10 and although she loved it, it’s not a choice either her or my parents would make again I don’t think. Although I’ve got to give it to my sister, she is now extremely independent

 

[180922]

I find myself agreeing with Louisa regarding silly uni courses. I know so many people who have degrees in utter nonsense and have never gone on to work in that field. The degrees are fine of course but I don't believe tax payers should be funding them.

Everyone that takes umbrage over that viewpoint usually has a nonsense degree!

I hated how they all spoke over each other and I wish the interviews were once a month.

 

[Affiliatemebaby]

What is a nonsense degree please?

I have no issues at all with childcare when needed. I just would like the podcast to be about parenting.

It is obvious that the life of the spouse of a busy touring/filming comedian is quite lonely too.