ExCLUSIVE: Emily MacDonagh discusses parenting with husband Peter and how their approaches differ when it comes to concern for home safety.
Emily MacDonagh has given a rare insight into parenting with husband Peter Andre – revealing that the Mysterious Girl singer has a very different way of dealing with their children.
While the NHS doctor, 35, clearly takes a more considered and laidback approach to looking after their daughters and son, she reveals that Peter has a tendency to become more ‘stressed’ regarding safety measures around the home.
The couple welcomed their third child Arabella in 2024, joining eight-year-old Theo and Amelia, 11, in their home. Peter is also dad to Junior, 20, and Princess, 18, with ex-wife Katie Price.
Emily and Peter had to baby proof the house once more after their daughter’s birth, adding stress to Peter’s concern.
“He would have stair gates absolutely everywhere if he could,” Emily tells the Mirror. “So we have compromised. I have put a stair gate in the door that goes out of the kitchen, because she can get to the stairs otherwise. The shape of our stairs means we can’t put a gate at the bottom, so I compromise with him.
Everyone is adrift at the kitchen door because there is a stair gate there. No one can ever open it, so we all end up climbing over it. However, that made a compromise. That’s fine to me because I want her to be secure. I believe I can go through this in my head with some calmness and say, “Yes, we can put that there and she’ll be safe.”
“Pete definitely worries more, but I’ll think about it, deal with it, and it’s done. I get his worries, but I do think that once you break that barrier, they’ll just have to go on with it anyway.
She acknowledges that she can’t help but be concerned about any symptoms her children might have while they’re ill because of her job as a doctor.
“I don’t work with children, but when you see the worst case scenarios of things that happened,” she explains. “You see the worst things. So when one of the kids gets ill, I’m looking out for signs of sepsis, etc. It’s the worst case scenario that always plays my mind.
He says, “He doesn’t really think like that, whereas it’s so much easier for him.” He can concentrate on what is in front of him much more effectively. And his mind keeps saying, “Okay, well, it could be this, or it could be this, or it could be this.” My head does that, I believe.
“Once Theo had a bit of a virus, his neck was really stiff, and he had a headache. Obviously, straight away I’m thinking, right, he’s got meningitis. He just had a virus, and he was absolutely fine. But you know, I was going in and checking on him all the time, whereas Pete didn’t think like that.
“But of course, I’m looking for this, this, this, and that, and checking his temperature in my head.” And so I’ll have to travel a little bit down that rabbit hole. That’s probably the thing that makes me anxious, then. And as I already said, I’m worried about the crucial things, and yes, I worry about the baby getting hold of cleaning products because straight batteries are probably the thing I’m most obsessed with.
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Source: Mirror
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