Aug 6, 2026 · 51 min · 10 segments
This week on “Parenting, apparently”, Esther is joined by her sister Edith for a conversation about childhood, motherhood, feminism, and the lessons we carry from the way we were raised. Edith works…
Melissa CashHost
Esther HuybreghtsHost
Edith HuybreghtsGuest
But the pressure of trying to set the right example, I think, can sometimes be really heavy, even though I know that it's also when you don't set the example, it's a really good opportunity for you to go back and repair or like talk about why what you did maybe wasn't the best move.
I would introduce our guest, but Esther has known this one a little longer than I have.
Edith and I grew up in the same house with the same parents, eating the same dinners, yapping about the same stuff, fighting about the same toys.
And I can already tell you that we remember all of it completely differently, which is exactly why she's here.
And because today we're flipping the show around, I think it's going to get a little interesting.
But today we're going to talk about being raised, what our households were like, what our parents were actually like, and all the juicy millennial childhood lore that has turned us into the parents we were.
And then we're going to do the same episode with my brother in a little while and hear more about our childhood.
I don't know why I'm nervous because I've known my sister for my entire life.
Well, that depends if you want to be like the clean version or the Antwerp version.
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But the pressure of trying to set the right example, I think, can sometimes be really heavy, even though I know that it's also when you don't set the example, it's a really good opportunity for you to go back and repair or like talk about why what you did maybe wasn't the best move.
I would introduce our guest, but Esther has known this one a little longer than I have.
Edith and I grew up in the same house with the same parents, eating the same dinners, yapping about the same stuff, fighting about the same toys.
And I can already tell you that we remember all of it completely differently, which is exactly why she's here.
And because today we're flipping the show around, I think it's going to get a little interesting.
But today we're going to talk about being raised, what our households were like, what our parents were actually like, and all the juicy millennial childhood lore that has turned us into the parents we were.
And then we're going to do the same episode with my brother in a little while and hear more about our childhood.
I don't know why I'm nervous because I've known my sister for my entire life.
Well, that depends if you want to be like the clean version or the Antwerp version.
