Escape to the Chateau’s Dick and wife Angel Strawbridge have commented on their “very different” attitudes towards parenting their two children Dolly, seven, and Arthur, eight. Speaking to Nihal Arthanayake on BBC Radio 5 Live today, Angel, 43, admitted that hers and Dick’s, 62, attitudes were “very different” when it came to giving their children freedom while growing up.
The Escape to the Chateau couple spoke to the BBC presenter about the challenge of raising their two children in France.
When asked about their attitudes to letting their children explore the 45-room French Chateau and its grounds, Angel told how her and Dick’s perspectives couldn’t be more different.
Nihal asked the pair: “So when they go down to, for instance, the moat for a swim, are you both on the same page in terms of risk and reward?
“Are you both kind of like, ‘Yeah, look, just let them go.’
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Angel continued: “But Dick definitely has that confidence, that’s definitely what it comes down to, to allow them to have that little bit more…