When my brother and his wife had their children, as a single guy, I would volunteer to do the nappy chnges and sick cleaning. Changing one of the babies one day my sister-in-laws friend who had a baby was shocked to see me changing and cleaning up baby mess. She pointed at me and said 'I want one of those!' It turned out that not only did her husband refuse to do it but no one else in their families offered her help. I could never understand that. To me those jobs come with babies and it's part of bonding. My niece and nephews grew up treating me as a friend and confidant. The things they've told and asked me over the years in the knowledge that I will always be honest with them.
I can understand why she reacted that way, it's so harmful and disheartening... I hope that however you live, you end up with friends of all genders who are just like you that way! Nothing is worse than being surrounded and yet left to to everything alone
Maybe this is a little contentious, but in my personal experience as a child-free person, I've found that it's better for friends to make the first move when it comes to socializing with non-parent friends after having babies. Not because I'm lazy or think it's their responsibility, but because I've seen friends get quite overwhelmed by the number of people wanting to visit or see the baby while they're still adjusting parenthood. Plus, in the post-covid world, I know quite a few new parents who didn't want to socialize in-person in order to minimize risk. This makes it difficult to know when is the 'right time' to extend an invite to meet in a cafe, or some such thing. I really appreciated one of my friends recently telling me that now that her baby was a bit older and they had found a great babysitter, she was much happier to meet up in the evenings. It's something I wouldn't have known if she wasn't open with me about it.
I loved hearing your thoughts about not showing your baby's face online! personally i am really uncomfortable with youtubers who put a lot of their child's life on their channel and i have even stopped watching some people because didn't feel good about them showing their kids. I think awareness and conversation around the issue of internet privacy for children is increasing and that's great!
14:30 Yes, I'm child free by choice, but always want to see and visit with my brother's kid! ❤️ And had a blast with all the little kids and older kids who came trick or treating here on Monday. Edit RE gender: When my niece was born, her parents told everyone to call her kiddo instead of princess.
Love this! Really resonated with the different parenting styles and how much is absorbed by children even in these small moments. My kiddo is 7 and we are very aware of these things and have a hard time with this and exactly what Jessica was explaining by the random woman in the park. It can get very extreme as they age. We recently went to a Disney park and my child was is tears with how they saw other children being treated by their parents. I'm so glad they see it's not okay but it was truly really horrible the things we witnessed and how now they aren't absorbing it in a way that defines who they are but in a deep deep sadness.
Watching this as an American really hits different lol. The way you both talk about self-employed people taking time off for maternity/paternity leave is literally how we have to talk about ANY parental leave (unless one parent has a very fancy job). It's nuts.
Ahh one time I went to hang out with a pregnant friend who ended up spanking her screaming toddler because she was crying. Haven't seen that friend since because it made me so uncomfortable. And I'm not even a parent yet lol
If they are too young to reason with, they are too young to understand why you are hitting them If they are old enough to understand why you are hitting them, they are old enough to reason with There is no good reason to hit your child
Uggh some people should not be parents. I understand why you stopped seeing them but maybe you could try to communicate to them why what they’re doing is wrong. I just keep thinking of that poor child who was no one to advocate for them. 💔
What a refreshing, honest video. It was so interesting to hear about the “behind the scenes” issues that you both have dealt and are dealing with. (I hope you deleted and blocked whoever told you that you don’t really do the work of having a child!)
I really love how respectful you are of your children. As someone who works in a daycare and who wants to be a parent in the not-so-distant future, that warms my heart and is helping me to think about how I want to raise my own children.
although i'm not a parent and don't intend to be, it's nice to see youtube parents being able to be open and talk about the realities of being a parent. plus, the visibility of seeing lgbtq+ parents and parents with disabilities is so refreshing. it makes me wish that i had seen this kind of representation as a kid.
There's something healing about listening to you talk about how to raise your children with such compassion and forethought, I think a lot of us feel deeply what was missing from our own childhood and to me, it's one of the only sources if genuine hope to hear how lovely people like you both work to make childhood a better experience for your own kids ❤ It makes parenting feel possible and feel sustainable, and provides valuable contrast to help me understand my own experiences better
I loved the discussion about gender roles and what your children are absorbing from what the adults around them are saying. When you were defending who Claudia was as a child, it made me quite emotional actually, because I think that's so important. Trying to break cycles for your children, and keeping them from situations that negatively impacted yourself at that age is so healing and important
loved seeing her do a collab again. been so long without, it really warmed my heart. I still remember the first time she collaborated with Molly Burke, and I've followed Molly ever since. I suspect I will do the same with Hannah. knowledge shared is knowledge earned. and I am truly grateful for that.
Love this! Such an important topic. I run my own business while raising a little one. It’s been challenging, but I’m so appreciative of being able to spend extra time with my daughter and partner It is so hard to create boundaries of “offline” time. I really want to work on streamlining my schedule and trying more of a 9 to 5 like what was mentioned to get sleep back and place healthy boundaries for my home life and work life. I’m currently sick in bed and I’m struggling with allowing myself to actually rest and recover instead of being worried about work Yay Jamie!
I'd love to hear from parents how they'd like a long-distance, child-free friend to keep in touch with them. My bestie is the parent, and I want to keep our friendship going even though I can't fully connect on kids/parenting.
A friend of mine is a preschool teacher and she has a LOT of opinions on how people parent their kids. I don't even have kids, but I love hearing her talk about it.
Omg omg omg I love you both so much! I just saw your last collab today and I thought about how cool it would be if you would make one again! My wishes have been heard!
I love your parenting styles so much. That's one of the biggest problems I'm having making parent friends. The biggest problems are things like being rough with kids...makes me crazy.
So excited for this! Update: this was just as good as I expected, it was really interesting to see how similar your approaches to parenting are but also seeing the subtle differences
I find it really helpful to hear what you are talking about. I've been a TH-cam-consumer since around 2015 and since then I didn't really think about what being a TH-cam-Content-Creator looks like. But now that I'm old enough to understand the bigger picture, it means a lot to me that you're giving us an insight of what working as a TH-camr looks like! (Especially calculating your income with videos)
Yes message your friends if you want to see them when you're going through something new like a wedding or baby! I always avoid messaging my friends when they're in those kinds of times because i assume they're super busy!
I love that Jessica is following the Montessori method. I work as a teaching assistant and have seen how well it works for children. When I eventually have my own kids, this will be the method I will be following. I hate working in nurseries where everything is adult led. Let kids explore and lead their own learning and they’ll pick up so much more information than they would otherwise.
i have seen youtubers take longer than 3 months off, but they prepared videos to go up 1-2 a month or so to get the ad money and keep the algorithm going
i want to live vicariously through my friends w/ kids for all the fun, sweet & cool moments cause ik i couldn't personally do it all myself for both the good & the hard times lol. plus, they need the praise for raising cute humans as well.
i’m very curious on hannah’s thoughts on montessori. i don’t believe it’s something she’s pursuing but it fits so well with the messaging of her channel that i’d be interested to hear her thoughts.
I think I'd be one of those obsessed with my friends kids friends that Jessica mentions! Neither me or my husband want to have children of our own, but I love kids in general - I'm a former nursery teacher! None of my closest friends have young children at the moment, so I've not had a chance to test this theory so far.
I would love to see the two of you write children’s books about their bodies and disabilities and all of the things the two of you talk about (obviously in children-appropriate ways)! I think they’d be great for kids to see and read
Haven't finished this yet! But on the subject of making branding more sustainable, I'm reminded of Cupcake Jemma and how that channel has been expanded to include videos from other employees of her business, Crumbs & Doilies. I'm sure you're aware of this but I just thought I'd mention it as (seemingly) super successful branding decision.
Edit: That's so funny. I commented part way through that you should write books. ... And you're thinking about it! I'd totally buy your kids books. No kids, but I'm an ex-teacher and still enjoy good kids books. Jessica, re your brand -> Write a vintage style book!!! I have new foam rollers because of your channel, but am still working on figuring them out. An e-book or actual book would be helpful because I could make notes on it. Another book idea - How to book being a Montessori Mom in the 2020s. If you're not into writing, ghost writers can help as can speech to text. You speak well. BTW I just recommended your channel today to a live captioner. We were discussing hearing and hearing loss and I told her I follow this really awesome TH-camr who does vintage stuff, signs in some videos, also has eds and has hearing loss.
Can i say how exciting is for me to see these wonderful women together? I love it! I´m not a mom but i find so important the message both are sending about working mothers and children´s privacy.
This was delightful! ❤ I have found it very inspiring by TH-camrs like you two who don’t put their children on social media. I now (when I have kids haha) don’t think I’ll be posting them a lot either even though I’m just a regular human haha
External (bad) influences can be annoying, but sadly we can't shield our children from them. I find it better to let him be exposed but then talk about it and put it in context. Like my son picked up bad grammar from the neighbours. I corrected him every time and told him some people don't speak correctly but that's okay and we won't mention it to them. Though I still find it funny that I've the summer we became friendly with the neighbours (mainly because of the paddling pool, sorry...) and whenever the grownups and children would be around, whether my son was there or not, I'd interact with the children, because I was pretty much the only grown-up doing that. As such I'm considered a child whisperer with magic powers who gets children to not act out and to do things like draw... Apparently I'm wasting my time teaching 6th form Maths and I should become a child psychologist.
6:43 I wonder how I haven't seen that video yet! I might watch that next. How does Shaaba look so elven there? I don't even know what it is at all, I've never thought she looks like an elf before, but that impression is striking me really hard seeing her here and I've no idea why.
I don't care for kids that aren't my nieces and nephews. But I don't mind watching the videos you and Hannah do. I don't want kids because I didn't choose to exist, and I appreciate that was mentioned here and how important it is to you both that your children are given the option to have more control over their digital footprints and your interest in giving so much choice for your child. I have strong views on how not forcing gender stereotypes and giving choice to people so it's really nice to see that. You guys are doing such a great job! Not just saying that because I agree, but I don't see you guys making the mistakes I have seen made by a lot of my old schoolmates' parents that led them to have a lot of trauma.
Hannah, I think you and your partner achieved a parenting balance with both of you having jobs. Not that it's an easy transition, but that's the problem solved. This was a really good discussion on parenting, and the choices we have to make or have made for us. Nice observation of the politics of parenting, Hannah. Our children cannot consent to having their image used on our public content. They can make that decision when they are older. I love when I see parents pixelate their child's face out of the omg the kid is in the shot things. Well done, Mums.
Very interesting hearing about what it takes to run a TH-cam channel, thank you both. Hope you'll keep us posted here about your children's books. I'm a great-aunty to three nephews under three and have friends with kiddies too. Definitely in the market for anything you publish.👍🥰
I will say : your child will witness bad thing through their life. I think it's important for children to understand why and why you're not doing a thing and why you think something someone did is wrong.
TH-cam really needs to adjust the algorithm so you can notify them that you're on whatever leave until whatever date, because subscribers still really will be here and the current system is just a lose-lose.
I've corrected the same woman in a shop on TWO separate occasions who thought my "little boy" was being a typical lad. My daughter is just bald (and bold...)and adventurous.
People: Don't girls play so gently? My Friend's Female Toddler: *running around, hitting safe objects to explore hitting, grabbing everyone's shirt for milkies, and throwing dolls across the room triumphantly yelling "AHHHHHHHH!" Me: ....🤣
someone told me i’m lucky i had a boy because i would worry way too much if i had a girl. WHAT?! knowing me i’m gonna worry 100% of the time no matter what! quite bothered me a lot
I think you both would love Down Among The Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire, it centers on a pair of twin girls who don’t want to fit the molds their parents have forced them into
Excellent video. Working from home is hard enough. Parenting is a big job by itself- doing both ... wow! Also, what does Hannah means by FOMO at time 13:28 ?
How rude that someone said you don't really take care of Rupert! That seems so obvious as a hurtful thing to say! I'm so sorry you had to deal with that. You do a great job as his Mama
I definitely took those weird looking close up selfies when I was like 5 on my aunts phone but luckily the age before social media blew up so I at least I didn't accidentally go live 😭😭
I wonder if there is a way to have the children's books have the sign language on the page for key words. I am a mom of a child born with severe hearing lose from his genetic disorder and I haven't figured out how to read to him, sign key words, and point to the item I am signing all at the same time. Also, not sure how different the British signs are from American.
This might be an unpopular opinion but I still want to contribute with the perspective. Because I’m one of those childless friends who is not that interested in my friends babies. And I’m therefore likely one of those friends that those who got a baby will feel disappointed of. Don’t get me wrong, I show the interest, ask the questions and listen for hours when all my friends want to talk about is their children. Of course! I respect and care about this important step in my friends lives. But I do it for my friend (not the baby), in order to be a good friend, not because I’m invested in or particularly like children 😅 its all about the friend for me still. I care because they care, not because I care if that makes sense? But there is a limit for how long this can go on before it becomes draining if there seems to be an absence of my friend and who they fundamentally were and could talk about pre-baby. If the conversation in the long run is 95% about something you are not interested in at all I believe anyone would have a hard time dealing, it’s just that one seems to be expected to listen to it when it’s about babies.
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It might be fun to see Jessica and Claudia with a group of other LBGTQ+ mums and dads sitting around sharing stories :)
LGBTQ+ parents. ;)
When my brother and his wife had their children, as a single guy, I would volunteer to do the nappy chnges and sick cleaning. Changing one of the babies one day my sister-in-laws friend who had a baby was shocked to see me changing and cleaning up baby mess. She pointed at me and said 'I want one of those!' It turned out that not only did her husband refuse to do it but no one else in their families offered her help.
I could never understand that. To me those jobs come with babies and it's part of bonding. My niece and nephews grew up treating me as a friend and confidant. The things they've told and asked me over the years in the knowledge that I will always be honest with them.
I can understand why she reacted that way, it's so harmful and disheartening... I hope that however you live, you end up with friends of all genders who are just like you that way! Nothing is worse than being surrounded and yet left to to everything alone
Maybe this is a little contentious, but in my personal experience as a child-free person, I've found that it's better for friends to make the first move when it comes to socializing with non-parent friends after having babies. Not because I'm lazy or think it's their responsibility, but because I've seen friends get quite overwhelmed by the number of people wanting to visit or see the baby while they're still adjusting parenthood. Plus, in the post-covid world, I know quite a few new parents who didn't want to socialize in-person in order to minimize risk. This makes it difficult to know when is the 'right time' to extend an invite to meet in a cafe, or some such thing. I really appreciated one of my friends recently telling me that now that her baby was a bit older and they had found a great babysitter, she was much happier to meet up in the evenings. It's something I wouldn't have known if she wasn't open with me about it.
That super considerate and makes sense to me as well
I loved hearing your thoughts about not showing your baby's face online! personally i am really uncomfortable with youtubers who put a lot of their child's life on their channel and i have even stopped watching some people because didn't feel good about them showing their kids. I think awareness and conversation around the issue of internet privacy for children is increasing and that's great!
14:30 Yes, I'm child free by choice, but always want to see and visit with my brother's kid! ❤️ And had a blast with all the little kids and older kids who came trick or treating here on Monday. Edit RE gender: When my niece was born, her parents told everyone to call her kiddo instead of princess.
Love this! Really resonated with the different parenting styles and how much is absorbed by children even in these small moments. My kiddo is 7 and we are very aware of these things and have a hard time with this and exactly what Jessica was explaining by the random woman in the park. It can get very extreme as they age. We recently went to a Disney park and my child was is tears with how they saw other children being treated by their parents. I'm so glad they see it's not okay but it was truly really horrible the things we witnessed and how now they aren't absorbing it in a way that defines who they are but in a deep deep sadness.
I'm SO EXCITED about the children's books! I hope there's lots of stories of daily adventures with mom, mummy and me
Watching this as an American really hits different lol. The way you both talk about self-employed people taking time off for maternity/paternity leave is literally how we have to talk about ANY parental leave (unless one parent has a very fancy job). It's nuts.
If you can, leave. The U$ is going downhill fast.
Ahh one time I went to hang out with a pregnant friend who ended up spanking her screaming toddler because she was crying. Haven't seen that friend since because it made me so uncomfortable. And I'm not even a parent yet lol
Depending on where you live this is actually illegal and considered assault. Unfortunately not the same everywhere
@@marthamorrison4649 I mean it felt like it shouldn't be legal but I don't think it's illegal in my state. It was pretty awful to witness.
If they are too young to reason with, they are too young to understand why you are hitting them
If they are old enough to understand why you are hitting them, they are old enough to reason with
There is no good reason to hit your child
@@aryore2411 yes I know. That's why I stopped seeing her
Uggh some people should not be parents. I understand why you stopped seeing them but maybe you could try to communicate to them why what they’re doing is wrong. I just keep thinking of that poor child who was no one to advocate for them. 💔
What a refreshing, honest video. It was so interesting to hear about the “behind the scenes” issues that you both have dealt and are dealing with. (I hope you deleted and blocked whoever told you that you don’t really do the work of having a child!)
I really love how respectful you are of your children. As someone who works in a daycare and who wants to be a parent in the not-so-distant future, that warms my heart and is helping me to think about how I want to raise my own children.
although i'm not a parent and don't intend to be, it's nice to see youtube parents being able to be open and talk about the realities of being a parent. plus, the visibility of seeing lgbtq+ parents and parents with disabilities is so refreshing. it makes me wish that i had seen this kind of representation as a kid.
There's something healing about listening to you talk about how to raise your children with such compassion and forethought, I think a lot of us feel deeply what was missing from our own childhood and to me, it's one of the only sources if genuine hope to hear how lovely people like you both work to make childhood a better experience for your own kids ❤
It makes parenting feel possible and feel sustainable, and provides valuable contrast to help me understand my own experiences better
I loved the discussion about gender roles and what your children are absorbing from what the adults around them are saying. When you were defending who Claudia was as a child, it made me quite emotional actually, because I think that's so important. Trying to break cycles for your children, and keeping them from situations that negatively impacted yourself at that age is so healing and important
loved seeing her do a collab again. been so long without, it really warmed my heart. I still remember the first time she collaborated with Molly Burke, and I've followed Molly ever since. I suspect I will do the same with Hannah. knowledge shared is knowledge earned. and I am truly grateful for that.
Hannah is so wonderful!!! I cannot recommend her channel enough
Love this! Such an important topic. I run my own business while raising a little one. It’s been challenging, but I’m so appreciative of being able to spend extra time with my daughter and partner
It is so hard to create boundaries of “offline” time. I really want to work on streamlining my schedule and trying more of a 9 to 5 like what was mentioned to get sleep back and place healthy boundaries for my home life and work life.
I’m currently sick in bed and I’m struggling with allowing myself to actually rest and recover instead of being worried about work
Yay Jamie!
The challenge is imposing no work email/texts/calls outside work hours. I know it is really tempting to check them frequently.
I'd love to hear from parents how they'd like a long-distance, child-free friend to keep in touch with them. My bestie is the parent, and I want to keep our friendship going even though I can't fully connect on kids/parenting.
A friend of mine is a preschool teacher and she has a LOT of opinions on how people parent their kids. I don't even have kids, but I love hearing her talk about it.
Omg omg omg I love you both so much! I just saw your last collab today and I thought about how cool it would be if you would make one again! My wishes have been heard!
I love your parenting styles so much. That's one of the biggest problems I'm having making parent friends. The biggest problems are things like being rough with kids...makes me crazy.
Being a homemaker/work-at-home wife and mom is awesome.
I watch both you and Hannah and didn't know y'all knew each other. I am very happy. You are both fun to watch.
So excited for this!
Update: this was just as good as I expected, it was really interesting to see how similar your approaches to parenting are but also seeing the subtle differences
I find it really helpful to hear what you are talking about. I've been a TH-cam-consumer since around 2015 and since then I didn't really think about what being a TH-cam-Content-Creator looks like. But now that I'm old enough to understand the bigger picture, it means a lot to me that you're giving us an insight of what working as a TH-camr looks like! (Especially calculating your income with videos)
Hey editor Clara - loving the way you matched the text colour with Jessica's dress 😍
Yes message your friends if you want to see them when you're going through something new like a wedding or baby! I always avoid messaging my friends when they're in those kinds of times because i assume they're super busy!
I love that Jessica is following the Montessori method. I work as a teaching assistant and have seen how well it works for children. When I eventually have my own kids, this will be the method I will be following. I hate working in nurseries where everything is adult led. Let kids explore and lead their own learning and they’ll pick up so much more information than they would otherwise.
i have seen youtubers take longer than 3 months off, but they prepared videos to go up 1-2 a month or so to get the ad money and keep the algorithm going
Jessica, have you ever thought of doing voice work? Your voice has such a calming tone. I have junk you’d be perfect for audiobooks!
i want to live vicariously through my friends w/ kids for all the fun, sweet & cool moments cause ik i couldn't personally do it all myself for both the good & the hard times lol. plus, they need the praise for raising cute humans as well.
Love how open and honest you guys are!
i’m very curious on hannah’s thoughts on montessori. i don’t believe it’s something she’s pursuing but it fits so well with the messaging of her channel that i’d be interested to hear her thoughts.
I think I'd be one of those obsessed with my friends kids friends that Jessica mentions! Neither me or my husband want to have children of our own, but I love kids in general - I'm a former nursery teacher! None of my closest friends have young children at the moment, so I've not had a chance to test this theory so far.
Same! I've never wanted kids but genuinely looking forward to when my friends and sister who do want them have theirs :)
Me not being a mom and not planning on ever being one but still enjoying the conversation because I love hearing Jessica talk 😂
I would love to see the two of you write children’s books about their bodies and disabilities and all of the things the two of you talk about (obviously in children-appropriate ways)! I think they’d be great for kids to see and read
Haven't finished this yet! But on the subject of making branding more sustainable, I'm reminded of Cupcake Jemma and how that channel has been expanded to include videos from other employees of her business, Crumbs & Doilies. I'm sure you're aware of this but I just thought I'd mention it as (seemingly) super successful branding decision.
I enjoyed your collab with Hannah. It is so delightful to learn about both of your parenting styles.❤️
Edit: That's so funny. I commented part way through that you should write books. ... And you're thinking about it! I'd totally buy your kids books. No kids, but I'm an ex-teacher and still enjoy good kids books.
Jessica, re your brand -> Write a vintage style book!!! I have new foam rollers because of your channel, but am still working on figuring them out. An e-book or actual book would be helpful because I could make notes on it.
Another book idea - How to book being a Montessori Mom in the 2020s.
If you're not into writing, ghost writers can help as can speech to text. You speak well.
BTW I just recommended your channel today to a live captioner. We were discussing hearing and hearing loss and I told her I follow this really awesome TH-camr who does vintage stuff, signs in some videos, also has eds and has hearing loss.
Can i say how exciting is for me to see these wonderful women together? I love it! I´m not a mom but i find so important the message both are sending about working mothers and children´s privacy.
I love both of these women so much! ❤ seeing them together is like a dream.
I love the insert of Clara waving LOL
So fun to watch this u lovely mums thank u always brings a smile to my face when I'm sick in bed ❤️
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This was delightful! ❤
I have found it very inspiring by TH-camrs like you two who don’t put their children on social media. I now (when I have kids haha) don’t think I’ll be posting them a lot either even though I’m just a regular human haha
External (bad) influences can be annoying, but sadly we can't shield our children from them. I find it better to let him be exposed but then talk about it and put it in context. Like my son picked up bad grammar from the neighbours. I corrected him every time and told him some people don't speak correctly but that's okay and we won't mention it to them.
Though I still find it funny that I've the summer we became friendly with the neighbours (mainly because of the paddling pool, sorry...) and whenever the grownups and children would be around, whether my son was there or not, I'd interact with the children, because I was pretty much the only grown-up doing that. As such I'm considered a child whisperer with magic powers who gets children to not act out and to do things like draw...
Apparently I'm wasting my time teaching 6th form Maths and I should become a child psychologist.
6:43 I wonder how I haven't seen that video yet! I might watch that next. How does Shaaba look so elven there? I don't even know what it is at all, I've never thought she looks like an elf before, but that impression is striking me really hard seeing her here and I've no idea why.
I love watching you two collab! Very nice video and I'm excited for the children's books!!
I don't care for kids that aren't my nieces and nephews. But I don't mind watching the videos you and Hannah do. I don't want kids because I didn't choose to exist, and I appreciate that was mentioned here and how important it is to you both that your children are given the option to have more control over their digital footprints and your interest in giving so much choice for your child. I have strong views on how not forcing gender stereotypes and giving choice to people so it's really nice to see that. You guys are doing such a great job! Not just saying that because I agree, but I don't see you guys making the mistakes I have seen made by a lot of my old schoolmates' parents that led them to have a lot of trauma.
omg have been following both of you for YEARS absolutely loved this
Ahhhh I love you two together so much 🫶🫶🫶 quality content right here folks.
Hannah, I think you and your partner achieved a parenting balance with both of you having jobs. Not that it's an easy transition, but that's the problem solved. This was a really good discussion on parenting, and the choices we have to make or have made for us. Nice observation of the politics of parenting, Hannah. Our children cannot consent to having their image used on our public content. They can make that decision when they are older. I love when I see parents pixelate their child's face out of the omg the kid is in the shot things. Well done, Mums.
5:45 please send a bear hug to Clara and Evelina!!!🇪🇸🇸🇪🥰
Omg this is a true meeting of the minds! How exciting! Love you both!
I don't want and generally don't like kids (except babies, I love babies)...but I'm so excited for my best friend to have kids.
Very interesting hearing about what it takes to run a TH-cam channel, thank you both.
Hope you'll keep us posted here about your children's books. I'm a great-aunty to three nephews under three and have friends with kiddies too. Definitely in the market for anything you publish.👍🥰
I will say : your child will witness bad thing through their life. I think it's important for children to understand why and why you're not doing a thing and why you think something someone did is wrong.
Hannah!! The best collab!! ❤️
the collab the world needed!!!!
my two faves in a video?? incredible!!
The only exception to the “TH-cam break” is Dan Howell 😂
The idea of rupert doing his own insta live is so adorable
TH-cam really needs to adjust the algorithm so you can notify them that you're on whatever leave until whatever date, because subscribers still really will be here and the current system is just a lose-lose.
That was an awesome conversation, so interesting, as a queer mum (with anxiety disorders) of a now-16-year-old!
Ahhhhh the collab of the century🤩
This was such a lovely video!
I've corrected the same woman in a shop on TWO separate occasions who thought my "little boy" was being a typical lad.
My daughter is just bald (and bold...)and adventurous.
Omg didn’t even realise Hannah was pregnant, missed a bit 😂
THIS IS WHAT I’VE BEEN WAITING FORRRRR
OMG the collab I was waiting fooooor, I love both channels for so longs
My two favorite creators in one video yaaayyyyy 🎉🎉🎉
First thoughts: I love your dress Jessica. Really into this style of sleeves at the moment!
Jessica: can you tell if someone has an accent through lip reading? Do certain accents make it make it harder to lip read?
Rupert and Rowan - I mean, how cute are those names together?
Love to see you two collaborating!!
People: Don't girls play so gently?
My Friend's Female Toddler: *running around, hitting safe objects to explore hitting, grabbing everyone's shirt for milkies, and throwing dolls across the room triumphantly yelling "AHHHHHHHH!"
Me: ....🤣
I’m so happy seeing a video with you both together! :D
This is amazing! I loved this collab ❤
thanks for the great video! love both of you ❤️
Yes...children book!
Do I have a child, any nieces/nephews, or any friends with kids? No. Will I buy Jessica's children's books anyway? Absolutely.
someone told me i’m lucky i had a boy because i would worry way too much if i had a girl. WHAT?! knowing me i’m gonna worry 100% of the time no matter what! quite bothered me a lot
Omg I'm so happy to see you two collab :D
This was suchhh a cool chat
This was an absolute delight.
Love love love this video
I think you both would love Down Among The Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire, it centers on a pair of twin girls who don’t want to fit the molds their parents have forced them into
Excellent video. Working from home is hard enough. Parenting is a big job by itself- doing both ... wow! Also, what does Hannah means by FOMO at time 13:28 ?
Yall need to publish childrens literature. I will buy that and read it to my 2 kiddos.
Dream collab🤓 Ru Ro and Ro Ru huzzah!!!!🤴🏽🤴🏽
yay Hannah!!
thanks
Haven’t clicked on a video this fast in a WHILE
How rude that someone said you don't really take care of Rupert! That seems so obvious as a hurtful thing to say! I'm so sorry you had to deal with that. You do a great job as his Mama
I definitely took those weird looking close up selfies when I was like 5 on my aunts phone but luckily the age before social media blew up so I at least I didn't accidentally go live 😭😭
A wonderful collab
Love you both!
I wonder if there is a way to have the children's books have the sign language on the page for key words. I am a mom of a child born with severe hearing lose from his genetic disorder and I haven't figured out how to read to him, sign key words, and point to the item I am signing all at the same time.
Also, not sure how different the British signs are from American.
Two great TH-camrs!
Im the friend who is like can i see u and not see ur kid. Like let me know when they are napping lol
This might be an unpopular opinion but I still want to contribute with the perspective. Because I’m one of those childless friends who is not that interested in my friends babies. And I’m therefore likely one of those friends that those who got a baby will feel disappointed of. Don’t get me wrong, I show the interest, ask the questions and listen for hours when all my friends want to talk about is their children. Of course! I respect and care about this important step in my friends lives. But I do it for my friend (not the baby), in order to be a good friend, not because I’m invested in or particularly like children 😅 its all about the friend for me still. I care because they care, not because I care if that makes sense? But there is a limit for how long this can go on before it becomes draining if there seems to be an absence of my friend and who they fundamentally were and could talk about pre-baby. If the conversation in the long run is 95% about something you are not interested in at all I believe anyone would have a hard time dealing, it’s just that one seems to be expected to listen to it when it’s about babies.
ARE U KIDDING ME MY TWO FAVOURITE TH-camRS COLLABING IM DEAD