This week on “Parenting, apparently”, Esther is joined by her sister Edith for a conversation about childhood, motherhood, feminism, and the lessons we carry from the way we were raised.
Edith works in TV and film in Belgium and is mom to four-year-old Louis. Together, Esther and Edith reflect on growing up in a matriarchal household and the challenge of raising sons with feminist values while helping them build confidence, empathy, and a strong sense of self.
They revisit stories from their childhood, including Esther’s witchcraft phase, and talk about the pressure of modelling behaviours you’re still working on, navigating kids’ swearing, creating secret hand signals to communicate without words, and the invisible parenting lessons passed down through generations.
It’s a funny, thoughtful conversation about sisterhood, motherhood, and raising the next generation, ending with a page from their mother’s real parenting philosophy playbook: have a fun day!
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