Diana Thought by Having a Career She Was Giving Her Daughter Everything. Then Last Week Beth Dropped the Bombshell: 'Mum, Why Were You Never There for Me?'
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DECADES after the glass ceiling was shattered, the debate still rages over the effects of a mother's career on her children. DIANA APPLEYARD, a former BBC correspondent who lives in Scotland with her husband Ross, believed she was a pioneer in juggling her family life with a hectic working schedule. So what did her children really think? Here, Diana, 46, and her elder daughter Beth, a 20- year-old zoology student, tell their stories . .
DECADES after the glass ceiling was shattered, the debate still rages over the effects of a mother's career on her children. DIANA APPLEYARD, a former BBC correspondent who lives in Scotland with her husband Ross, believed she was a pioneer in juggling her family life with a hectic working schedule. So what did her children really think? Here, Diana, 46, and her elder daughter Beth, a 20- year-old zoology student, tell their stories . .See the full content of this document
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Diana Thought by Having a Career She Was Giving Her Daughter Everything. Then Last Week Beth Dropped the Bombshell: 'Mum, Why Were You Never There for Me?'
THE MOTHER'S STORY
THE four of us were sitting comfortably round our kitchen table last week, empty plates in front of us, reminiscing about our former family home in the Midlands, where we lived when our two girls were small. Suddenly my daughter Beth, who's now 20, said: 'It was lovely -- but you wouldn't know, you were never there.' I looked at her, astonished. 'What on earth do you mean? Of course, I was there!' 'Hardly,' she said, witheringly. Our 15-year-old daughter Charlotte looked over at her, then back at me. 'It's true, Mum, you were hardly ever there. We were always with our nanny. Do you remember, I used to draw pictures and put her name at the top?' A shi...See the full content of this document
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