Mum encouraged me to chase my dreams and now I encourage Rosie
Lorraine Kelly hopes she is encouraging daughter Rosie to pursue her dreams the way her own mum encouraged her.
She said: “I think one of the things I learned from my mum that I have taken into parenthood is to let your children do what they want to do. I hope Rosie knows I am behind her 100% whatever she wants to do, because that is what my mum did for me.”
Rosie returned last year from a three-year stint in Singapore, a trip of a lifetime Lorraine backed her on, even though it was pretty emotional.
“I missed her so, so much,” Lorraine said. “But you have to let your kids spread their wings.
“You can influence them and teach them to treat people with respect, but you need to let them go their own way and find themselves.
“Mum’s pearls of wisdom have definitely shaped me going on to be a mum myself.”
Rosie, 26, is now back living with Lorraine and husband Steve in London, following in her mum’s journalistic footsteps with a job as a reporter for Hello! Magazine.
And Lorraine loves nothing more than having her daughter at home.
“We’re definitely close, as close as I was with my mum, and I love that.
“I was 34 when I had Rosie, much older than when my mum had me, but there are advantages to both.
“My mum, being young, was full of beans and energy. She was a great mum – and now she’s a fantastic gran to Rosie.
“She always had time to play and make up adventures.
“And she was a fantastic help looking after her when Steve and I were busy working.
“But I established my career first. And having a child made me 100% better at my job.
“I had plenty of empathy, sympathy and life experience.”
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