At the other end of the spectrum; as an adult there are plenty of things I do that were not allowed when a child. The joy of being an adult is to do the things that were not allowed and set your own limits and role model this for children.

I was never ever going to have children and it was somewhat interesting when that changed and became something that was very much desired in every possible way. I made a very conscious decision to parent in a very different way and according to a very different philosophy of child rearing than my parents.

I used to say I’d never be like my mum who’d get all loud, noisy and talk non-stop whenever she’s upset with us her kids – yet here I am, doing exactly that, and sometimes I think I’m even worse! hahaha

So many things! I mean I always thought I’d be the non embarrassing mum, I’d dress well and have my hair and makeup done and my kids friends would be like ‘you’ve got a cool mum’ lol what a lie that was! I drop them to school in my pjs and 3 day old hair and I honestly don’t have time to care. I get how tiring being a mum is now

I come from a loving family but my parents were quite strict and controlling. They were quite opinionated and left little space for different opinion certainly when we were younger. And certain things were taboo and not talked about. So for me that were the things I would like to different and so I did

I never thought I would be a mum as a child I was always bullied about my appearance as I wore really thick glasses had really bad teeth and was a little chubby.
Now I am happily married and have 4 children and I still wear glasses but have fixed my teeth but I still am chubby lol.

That I would never have kids hahaha. I was that teenager who swore they would never have kids, didn’t have any interest in them, and would be happy to go without. Then I met my husband and everything changed. Now I’m very happy being a mum and couldn’t imagine this guy not being here

Honestly, everything I swore as a kid that I wouldn’t do – I don’t do. I suppose I had the sort of childhood where you think “I’ll never do that to my kids”, and I was seeing bad parenting in action and making a good call. I literally can’t think of anything I’ve changed my mind on.