I have learned that I have to slow down and appreciate that my daughter still needs me, still wants me to help her negotiate everything in her life.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
My future daughter is not going to go through what I did.
I was a middle child and was used to negotiating. But there was nothing I could do to reverse my mother's condition.
I wish I could just go tell all the young women I work with, all these fabulous women, 'Believe in yourself and negotiate for yourself. Own your own success.' I wish I could tell that to my daughter. But it's not that simple.
I want my daughter to see that I am a professional and have commitments, but that I'm there when the family needs me, and so is their father. In some cases, more so.
I have priorities. Maintaining my daughter is my first.
I think the main thing that I've learned while working on 'Let's Stay Together' is how to balance mommyhood and working.
My children teach me to slow down and enjoy life.
I try to help my mum as much as I can by not being rebellious.
Never negotiate with kids. They don't have life experience, and they don't have repercussions for bad decisions; they still get fed and housed.
I like to give my daughter some rope and let her make her own decisions.