Michael's Relationship with Em's Kids
Hi Em and Michael, Love the podcast! I have a question Michael about your relationship with Em's kids. When you talk about Em's kids and when you are on mic with Chella, you seem to have such a great bond - which is lovely to hear and something that I find quite inspirational. Some background - I'm a 34-year-old female who's friends are all starting to have kids. I love kids, but I don't see myself having any of my own. So far my friends kids are all babies and toddlers, and I have a love of animals and wear a lot of sequins - which has made me popular with them thus far! I would love to know how you have created your own relationship with Em's kids as they grew up? I look at my friend's kids as an opportunity to have kids in my life without having my own, and I want to get it right. I'm an only child so haven't grown up around generations of younger kids etc. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Rachael Xx
Michael, how to help a young writer?
Hey Michael, I have a 14 year old aspiring screenwriter who particularly loves creating and exploring diverse characters. She has been both performing and writing from a very young age, she just had a scene accepted in her high school drama program. (don’t read this out - she’s at Eltham High and is only in year 8, got into the troupe that go to Adelaide Fringe this year for drama and is now writing for the plays). She loves to perform too - she is in musical theatre stage school - but her passion right now lies in the writing and crwation. She has big dreams of writing both animated and live action shows one day. As parents we’ve invested in anything we could to help her pursue her dreams but I am stuck on the writing front. What do you recommend for a young aspiring screen writer to help them pursue those dreams and potentially get into uni doing this? (Secretly I see her as the next gen Alice Oseman, the aussie version, with a sci fi animation tweak to the queer love story ;) )
Am I the asshole
Hey Em and Michael, I own a dance and cheerleading school and one Sunday night at family dinner my youngest sister and I were discussing one of the students who was frustrating us during classes. My other sister then went to this student and told her what we were saying but only magnified it and said that I hate this particular student. Long story short this student accuse me of bullying and quit. My sister doesn't think she has done anything wrong however I think that relaying private conversations is completely out of line and now i cant trust her any more. I am now avoiding her as there have been issues in the past where we have tried to talk it out but she never sees my side. She is recently diagnosed with ADHD and has been known to blame her shitty behaviour on her ADHD. I have tried to understand how her brain works with podcasts and articles and tried to be more patient with her while she figures out a new way of living however I'm not sure I can get passed this. Am I the asshole for not wanting to repair this relationship?