Chemmy Alcott on Being an Unapologetically Pushy Parent
Made by Mammas: The Podcast
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4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 18 November 2025
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
It probably comes as no surprise that an elite athlete parent would most likely have high expectations when raising their children, and 4-time olympic skier Chemmy Alcott is as elite a performer as you can get!
Chemmy talks about the huge advantages that her driven and ultra-competitive mindset can give to her children, but also what are the downsides of this way of parenting can be too.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to Made by Mommas the podcast. I'm Zoe Hardman and I'm Georgia Dayton. |
| 0:05.2 | And this is your parenting safe space where no conversation is off limits. |
| 0:09.8 | With five kids between G and I, we have seen a lot. |
| 0:12.7 | We really have. Each week, we'll be joined by some famous faces and experts and we'll chat about the brands and products that have saved us along the way. |
| 0:20.2 | In short, we're the parenting podcast for you. |
| 0:22.9 | Before we get started, hit subscribe or follow so you're the first to know when each episode lands. |
| 0:28.0 | And they're on Tuesdays and Fridays. |
| 0:29.7 | And it really helps if you leave a rating and a review. |
| 0:32.6 | You can also find us in Instagram. We're on at Made by Mummers. |
| 0:35.6 | But for now, George, should we get into it? |
| 0:38.1 | Happy birthday to you. I want the full rendition. |
| 0:44.3 | Oh, the whole song. I would love... I'll do it off. Can you do like a Marilyn Monroe one? |
| 0:50.8 | Like, a... a birthday to you |
| 0:54.7 | my camera's off because I feel |
| 0:58.0 | 40 fucking three today |
| 0:59.5 | after a weekend of celebration |
| 1:01.1 | Oh don't I'm looking at myself on the camera and I think I look |
| 1:04.4 | 53 so |
| 1:05.8 | I don't worry |
| 1:08.2 | I've had such a good weekend my throat is so sore from all the laughing and having good times. Oh, that's so nice. What did you do? What did you get up to? Well, Friday we went, Dozzar surprised me with a day at farmhouse. We went to sew a farmhouse. We're only supposed to be going for the day. And then just before we left, Doz went, Morag. Scary Mary, his mom was like, I can stay the night. So if you guys can get somewhere to stay, why don't you just stay up there? So I was like, oh, this is brilliant. So we chucked an overnight sack in. And then on the way out, though, we managed to book a room, got upgraded when we got there. Because my lovely mate works there. So she sorted us out. We had a really nice cabin and we just |
| 1:44.8 | like went to the gym, spard, did all that steam sauna, which was gorgeous, had a lovely meal |
| 1:50.0 | and then had some drinks and went to bed. Like it was just gorgeous. That is so nice and so |
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