Guest on the Parents First podcast, the minister spoke sincerely about the difficulty of fulfilling her responsibilities as a mother and a politician.
Being a mom is a full time job in itself. When paid work on top of mom's job takes up most of the time, things get even more complicated to manage. Marlène Schiappa, Minister of Citizenship, is one of the many women who must juggle a very demanding job and the role of mother.
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Invited in the Parents d´abord podcast of Télé-loisirs, Wednesday, March 10, she confided in her two open-hearted roles, which she sometimes has trouble reconciling. “It's very difficult, I'm not going to lie to you. The other day I got home at 10:30 p.m. I said to one of my advisers, “Ah, I'm home early today!” When you are at the Ministry of the Interior, you can be constantly mobilized. Often prone to guilt over her multiple absences, she tells an anecdote. “The other day, I got home very late. I made myself a linden tree before going to sleep. On the cup, there was written: “Wonder mum” (Editor's note: Super mom, in French). I looked at my mug and thought to myself that I was spoofing the mug, I'm not a “wonder mum” at all. I arrive at midnight, I am not present, I leave in the morning. "
A mother committed to her daughters
Perhaps you have missed this video of Marlène Schiappa, dating from a few months ago and which has been around the Internet. On December 4, the minister arrived six minutes late at the National Assembly because one of her two daughters was ill, which earned her scathing thoughts from several people.
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His response, particularly intelligent and containing a touch of irony, had caused a lot of talk. "I had to take care of guard during the day so that I could go here with you." These are things that happen. Ministers are human beings ”, she began by explaining, before concluding with this scathing sentence: “Thank you for the good wishes for recovery that you will surely send to my children. " This reaction, noticed and greeted, served as a reminder that her role as a mother, whatever happened, remained the one that mattered the most to her, which is easily understood.
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At the microphone of the Parents First podcast, Marlène Schiappa detailed what she does every day to spend more time with her daughters. “As soon as I can have lunch with them, I do. I get up early even though I got home late to have breakfast with them. (…) I am fortunate to live in the Ministry of the Interior. If I have an hour I can go upstairs to look at the homework and then go back to work. It makes it easier! ", says the 38-year-old mother. A mother minister, always transparent and sincere when it comes to approaching her family life and her busy work. In 2008, well before entering government, she created the Maman Works network, which attempts to make a difference in the area of work / family life; gender equality at work and at home.