From giving us a glimpse inside her wholesome family holidays to celebrating her children’s incredible success to documenting her home life on Billie & Greg: The Family Diaries, over the years Billie Shepherd has given us a peek inside her life as a busy mum-of-three.
And now, the 34 year old has opened up about how she navigates motherhood to Nelly, nine, Arthur, six, and one year old Margot in a world that is dominated by technology and Internet use. Speaking to TalkTalk on Monday, 15 April on Instagram Live, the former The Only Way Is Essex star shone a light on the “ups and downs” that she and husband Greg have faced when it comes to navigating her children’s use of technology.
Billie Shepherd has given fans a glimpse inside her home life as a mum-of-three
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When asked if setting boundaries for her children’s Internet use had caused any arguments in the household, Billie explained: “Yes. We’ve had lots of ups and downs with Internet boundaries and looking at this and going on that in our house.”
The doting mum went on to add that many of the issues came down to being unclear with communication and her and Greg giving out different rules to her children.
“Let’s say for example, if one said ‘they can go on the iPad’ but I’ve said ‘no I’ve said no to the iPad’ then everyone’s confused. But I do think it’s going back to communication. You’re the parents in the house,” she added.
Billie opened up about the ‘ups and downs’ of setting parenting rules
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“Just saying ‘these are the rules’ and sticking by them because that’s another thing that Greg and I tend to do sometimes, we let the rules slip.”
Meanwhile, Billie also shared a great tip when it came to managing her children’s time spent on devices and stresses the importance of both her and Greg leading by example. During the interview she revealed that between 5pm and 7pm, neither she nor Greg use their phones.
“That time is hectic in the house. It’s dinnertime, it’s homework, getting ready for bed, reading, bath, showers,” she explained.
Billie said that leading by example is important when it comes to parenting
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“If we’re doodling around on our phones as well and the kids are seeing that and then we’re saying ‘put your screens down’ I feel like it’s confusing for them.”
The TV personality’s top tips come after she celebrated little Margot achieving an amazing milestone as she took her first steps earlier this year.
In a video posted to Instagram the mum-of-three shared a sweet clip of her youngest walking for the first time as she gushed that “precious moments like this are the best”.
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