Nearly six months after making headlines for saying her daughter spends her weekends with her grandparents, TV personality Rachael Finch has stood by her ‘unconventional’ arrangements.
In an interview with the Daily Telegraph‘s BW magazine, 28-year-old Finch confirmed that she and husband Michael Miziner have completely unpredictable work weeks, and for that reason their three-year-old daughter spends a lot of time with her grandparents.
“We definitely don’t have a conventional work week; it’s up and down,” she says.
“Violet is on planes with us everywhere, she does so much stuff with us through our schedule and we have a lot of help from her grandparents. We make it work based on our lifestyle.”
Rachael and Violet. Image: Instagram
After being the subject of widespread scrutiny and criticism earlier this year for similar comments, it appears Finch still feels an unnecessary need to justify her parenting arrangements for those she does not know but whom pass judgement regardless.
“I’ve really learnt to read things, and not read into them,” she says, referencing the the backlash from this year.
“Everyone’s entitled to their own opinion and I understand that.
“We definitely don’t have a nine-to-five (routine). We’ll be at the park or doing weekend stuff mid-week. I think it’s just people are inquisitive about other people’s lives, but I think the only thing that matters is what we know at home, and at the end of the day we know the schedule and exactly how happy and loved Violet is and it doesn’t bother us one little bit.”
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Interesting that she sites Rebecca Judd "who has two already and just had twins, and I take my hat off to her and (Judd’s husband, AFL great) Chris"...before the twins recently arrived, she was quite open about having a 3-day a week nanny. That's fine, but there is balance is reporting that alongside Rachael's observation.
Each to their own. But I wonder if she'll look back in 10 years and realize she's missed out on the best parts of parenting. The late movie night on Saturday night snuggling in the couch and eating popcorn or napping together Sunday arvo.....and if I was the daughter and read this article as an adult, I would probably have a abandonment issues!! Poor child sounds like an inconvenience!
Maybe she movie snuggles on Wednesday and naps on Thursday. Sound like a normal family to me with strong attachment with parents and extended family. spare your concern for kids with real problems.