Chapter 1: What are the highlights of the back-to-school season?
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We're back. Back to school. We've currently got a back to school promotion for anyone who wants to join the app. Use the code BACKTOSCHOOL at the checkout for 20% off our annual membership. Hi, Jess. Hey. Yay. I was so excited driving here today.
I know. On that note, the back to school, you've got to go via the web app, by the way. That's exciting. Don't go to the app store, go to the web app.
That just means a browser. And make sure you use capitals, back to school.
Capitals, back to school. B-A-C-K-T-O-S-C-H-O-O-L. Dorian's been trying to, one of Nina's spelling words was school, and there's something that he uses in Afrikaans. Skilikahilikaha. Oh my gosh. I was like, you think that will be helpful. It would mean that there's a V in school. I don't like the first bit. I was like, you realise it's a whole different language.
It's not helpful in her learning how to spell the word school.
School is really hard and often children say S-K-O-O-L. Yeah, no doubt.
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Chapter 2: How do the hosts manage screen time for their children?
Once they learn the blend. But English language is very difficult. We were talking actually on the way home from the road trip yesterday about how I'd quite like the boys and us to do like a te reo, like cultural course over here or something to immerse them in sort of that culture because Carlos asked me the other day, how do you actually pronounce Māori? The word Māori? Yeah.
And I'm like, oh, that's so cute. Like that almost, he probably wouldn't ask that if we're living in New Zealand, but you know, he's probably a bit, we've been away from home for three years from the New Zealand and the Māori culture. So I was thinking that would be quite cool to try and find somewhere along here. to take them to.
And then a point of that was Rico's like, mom, it's pretty hard to learn a language now. And I was like, no, it's not. Don't have that attitude.
I know, but the English language is so hard. This teaching. I mean, I get that they just like learn the different things and then it just clicks, but it is, it is hard. I don't know how you were a teacher. I don't know how to be. I don't know how teachers be teachers. I've got a couple of points.
First of all, I'm not going to try and talk the way Rico would talk because he doesn't sound like that. And when I listen back to the pod sometimes and I speak like one of the boys, I don't like it. Second of all, teaching, I was never a very good new entrant teacher. I think the new entrant teachers have the hardest job because they are teaching how to, like, obviously Nina is not new entrant.
She's now seven nearly. Seven? Yeah. Nearly seven, yeah. And I think,
her age is quite a good age to teach because they've kind of got the initial sounding sounds but five-year-olds so so tricky um to teach them that kind of stuff but a lot of the time it's repetition so you you'll bring home a reader and you'll think oh my gosh he knows how to read that but it's memory and it's and it yeah memory helps with the whole um learning what the word looks like and oh yeah i've seen that word before and then that kind of helps um
the, the sort of gateway into learning how to read and write, but very difficult job, a new entrant teacher, I believe.
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Chapter 3: What strategies do they use for preparing lunch boxes?
And I think I never actually taught new entrants. I taught from Nina's age and up.
Oh yeah. Well, they had like a base understanding type thing.
Yeah.
Yeah. Still hard. Yeah. Anyway, you missed out on a day yesterday of school kids because you were still traveling. Is it exciting to be on your own today? Yeah.
I was real gutted that I didn't think about that more so in my workout that I took this morning because I feel like I was a bit flat. But I think it's because I knew I had to get washing out because I have a window of about... After I finished my workout, I haven't done the start time actually. Whoopsie. I just get so carried away into like job mode that I didn't do that.
So you'll be annoyed at me for that. I haven't finished off, rounded off the workout on the app.
I actually went to do it and then I got distracted. It's when the windows open right now for me.
Yeah.
And then I sort of just go up and I made them rolls. So I did six rolls and two for the big boys and one each for the littles. And because I was like, I'm going to make their lunch, just the rolls and sandwiches and stuff today. And honestly, this week I'm going to do that every day because it's just so much easier to...
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Chapter 4: How do they balance work and family during school holidays?
Then I got excited once I got in the car. And the children have a bit of an obsession with Olivia Deen. And I love that for my three sons because my big boy wouldn't play that. But when I'm in the car with the three sons, it's always quite not drill rap. And so Olivia Deen was playing new songs that I haven't heard quite like. Lovely sound, isn't she?
I think Louis might tend to think she's a bit of a babe. Yeah, she's pretty. Yeah. I think he quite thinks she is. And that was cool. And then I dropped them at school and it was great. And then I was very excited.
Yeah. Why weren't you enthusiastic on your workout? How was your workout?
Because I knew I had jobs.
I knew I had a shitload to get through. The thing with four kids as well is you can't be just sort of not hanging the washing out. That's not an option.
Because I still actually have more loads. I put another load on and I said to Dan, don't worry about that load. It will beep. It just turned off and I will hang it when I get home. I'm probably going to get home around 12.30pm. I've already done two yesterday when I got home. And so now I'm up to my, this will be, and then I've got like our load. I haven't done our washing. Yeah.
So you can't really skimp on things because of undies and socks and stuff, but like obviously they're in their school uniform.
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Chapter 5: What are their thoughts on language learning for children?
So there's not too much pressure. And I do try and hang the washing out meditatively. Yes, you do.
You really do. You'll take it as some time to, yeah.
I don't know how, I can't do that.
no I've got a little good piece of wisdom I learned on a podcast which I it was just like you know how you learn things but you kind of know them but then you just need someone to tell you them and then you go oh yeah remind me to do that now I've got to try and think of the podcast it was but I can't remember but it was in yeah it was a while ago wasn't it and it was kind of thinking of those mundane tasks and actually taking them as a like trying to find some enjoyment in them right
Well, if you're searching all the time for like the moment to meditate, it was actually... Oh, it's so annoying. I can't think. I didn't know if it was a long time ago that I listened. I'm not sure. But you're seeking out this time to have this moment to meditate, but you don't actually get that time. So why can't we just turn our mundane moments into those spaces? So like...
Um, instead of being like, I've got to craft a side of 15 minutes to sit and breathe to actually with the jobs you've got to do, make them like cleaning the kitchen, try and like, think of it as kind of a nice thing to do. Like this is, I'm lucky to be able to clean my kitchen. Language is powerful, but it's a good point. I do find it difficult because I,
I'm often the cooker and the cleaner-upper. And yes, I can make my kids help me, and I do. But sometimes I just am a bit like mum in this situation that I'm like, I get annoyed that I'm doing it. Why am I doing this all when I've got so many people that could help me? But I could do it so much quicker and I could do it better. So just keep doing it.
But then you're not teaching the kids skills, are you?
It's a tricky one.
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Chapter 6: How do they approach discussions about body image and beauty standards?
So what kind of sun cream? What brand? QV. I change. So I have a lot of moisturisers. I use a lot of moisturiser. I use different lots each. Why? Because... I, when I went to the doctor, she told me she felt like my skin looked quite dehydrated. So she said, she's an older lady and she was like, it's really important. You really moisturize your skin and you know, you wear sun cream.
So I cleanse and then I put a serum QV very, very, she, she really recommended like QV as the brand, because she said it's from the chemist. It's not, it's half the price of these really expect, you know, you go to the, expensive options. And then it's very gentle on your skin, no fragrance. And that's, you know, it's quite boring, but it's really good for your skin. And I use that.
And then I used the, a QV sun cream with moisturizer. And then when I put on a little bit of foundation, I use Cetaphil to like, as a moisturizer to like blend it in. Wow. I mean, I think it looks quite more shiny here on the camera than it does in real life.
It looks kind of lovely. Tell us about your weekend. It's been like two weeks since we've been to the podcast. There's been a lot that's really kind of gone on really. How, where are you going to start?
I don't really know. How was your holidays? Let's start from the holidays, I suppose.
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Chapter 7: What are their opinions on the influence of social media on parenting?
I've had a few discussions around the holidays that I'm like, obviously, and you would know this, you're my boss. I've got, you know, you're in the same position as me. We like do as much as we can with work, but we are just like not really able to sink our teeth into anything because we just look after the kids.
And that is a blessing, of course, because you're not having to send a child to a holiday program or get care and blah, blah, blah. But also it's like, you know, hard because you sort of like your mind is wanting to do other things. But then you're trying to surrender to it and embrace the children. So long story short, it went fast. It was busy and...
Pretty good. So sometimes I would send the kids to the Grace Vineyard church holiday program in New Brighton. Have you ever thought of that? Because they know quite a few people that they used to know quite a few people that would go to that. So you could just do like, you know, one day. It's only on for one week of holidays. I think we could do like two days. So the next time.
I think it's always just because the oldest child is always very reluctant to go anywhere without me.
Mine hated it too. Mine, absolutely. They never liked it, like ever. But if you kind of feel like, yeah, so that's sometimes actually why I don't. And that's why, because we always threaten, even now, we'll send you to him and say, they are all like, no, and it's so funny.
But I suppose it's where you've kind of got to surrender and be like, it's two weeks, like don't worry too much about the work side of things. But then it's annoying because you love your job and you want to be able to like do work on it and you want them to go off into a holiday program. But then also you've got that flexibility that you don't have to do that.
So that's the hard part because if you had to be somewhere from nine till five, they would have to go. And it's really difficult and it's actually still difficult for me as minor older because even Tina today was like, I don't like it that you've got an office. I was like, why? He's like, I don't see you anymore.
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Chapter 8: How do they handle the challenges of parenting multiple children?
It makes no difference to him. Not one thing. And, like, this is a lovely problem for us to have. It's a privileged position to be in. I'm aware of that because I think just thinking of this, a lot of families – don't have the choice.
Like, you know, our kids, we're, we're, we're threatening our children, you know, giving them a bribe or, or considering it like a lot of families literally don't have the choice.
So, um, and that'd have to be in our position.
Yeah. Whereas, you know, some kids are so used to going to somewhere because of course that's, they've done that forever. And so, yeah, anyway, um,
that's so funny you do go you went in the holidays i was like no i didn't not once did i come here is so funny it means nothing to him you go to the office when he's at school
Dan was like but she's always home after school for you like what's she goes on her way when you're at school she goes to the office anyway I think he was stoked to get rid of me too to be honest he's probably watching a show and I hate TV man I don't think that's why I don't watch TV possibly yeah it's on all the time yeah and fair play to him because he needs the rest and shit and you know fair play that he watches it I said to him today because he eats this is just so small things right
But when he eats at the table, he sits with his legs out so his hips are not square. So he doesn't put his legs under the table. Why? I said to him, I've said to him this whole time, like, oh, you should put your legs under the table for your hips and your posture. And he's like. my tummy's funny, it's better when I am like this. And I'm like, but that's not his reason today.
He said, I said today, I hadn't said it in months. And I said today, oh, I think you need to start when you can, like try and get your postures, put your legs under the table when you eat your breakfast.
He's like, well, I do that outside when I'm sitting outside having my breakfast, but I don't want to do that here because I feel like I'm going to kick something or because there's all the other chairs involved in the table. Because his feet and body is so sensitive that any kind of touch of anything else unexpectedly gives him, it just doesn't go down well.
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