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Second Week Struggles with Bush Kindy

34:59 recording · EN · 2 speakers

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Brief overview

Two mothers admit parenting, criticism and lost couple time have flattened them, then laugh through teenage confessions.

  1. Knowing a decision is right does not stop the heartbreakSophie knows Pearl is ready for bush kindy and that the family needs it, yet the morning "I don't want to go" still breaks her heart.
  2. One cruel comment outweighs hundreds of kind onesJade had always told Sophie to focus on the positive feedback, but a single message calling her a narcissist has her second-guessing everything she shares.
  3. Neither host has found the answer to couple timeBetween school runs, tennis, book club and kids who take hours to fall asleep, both end the day with a Kindle instead of each other, and they ask listeners for ideas.
Executive Summary AI
  • Sophie's update is that she is two weeks into Pearl's bush kindy and it has been emotionally exhausting, with her three-and-a-half-year-old waking up saying she does not want to go and unable to grasp which days are kindy days.1:36
  • Jade says that after a seven-month stretch she is at the point of giving up: her seven-year-old is still crying about school months on, and her teenager is on a different planet no matter how hard she tries to connect.5:01
  • Jade then raises the one brutal comment she received about her mental health and about sharing too much, in which she was called a narcissist, and says it has left her guessing whether she should speak at all and asking who she is disappointing rather than who she is helping.7:01
  • Both admit they cannot find couple time: Sophie texted Nick that she is jealous of the time he spends with everyone but her, describes their divide-and-conquer routine as too well-oiled a machine, and floats a 5am babysitter and a two-hour beach date, while Jade tells the bumpies neither of them has the answer and asks listeners to send it in.13:15
  • To put a relatable spin on teenagers they read and swap teen confessions — a whole vodka flask vomited back into a car window, riding a BMX in a studded belt and boy-cut undies, a husband who went to Bali at 13 and came back with a Peter Pan tattoo, a school egged with tampons soaked in tomato sauce plus a pig's head on the gates, and getting drunk in a paddock and eating a glow stick.22:22
Key Quote
“no news is good news could not be truer than in parenting.”
— Jade1:27
Key Quote
“the saying should go that the second day, the second week and the second term is always the hardest”
— Sophie1:43
Key Quote
“like your child is literally your heart outside your body it is so so challenging”
— Sophie4:54