Tom stade
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Let’s face it, raising kids comes with a lot of funny, over dramatic tragedies!
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who come to the shows. To be able to present to them the greatest show in the festival is a real honour! Get ready my beautiful fans this is going to be the best one yet. Do your kids inspire your comedy? Of course! They don’t just inspire my humour, they inspire my life! Which to be fair is humour. My son and my daughter have always given me fuel for laughter and I’m pretty sure that goes for every parent out there. I’ve told some fabulous stories about my children, some of it lighthearted, some of it a bit dark; but if you’re not too wrapped up with being a perfect parent, you’ll know with tragedy comes humour. Let’s face it, raising kids comes with a lot of funny, over dramatic tragedies! Will you be watching the World Cup or Commonwealth Games this summer? I’ll definitely be watching the World Cup. In fact, it’s the only time I really set aside time to watch football. I think it’s one of those things that brings everyone together in a common cause - to watch England get knocked out in the second round. Hey, I live in Scotland, that’s funny! As for the Commonwealth Games, I might catch bits and pieces but I doubt anyone from the Commonwealth will be running as fast as Husain Bolt.
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We’re asking everyone for their parenting ‘sanity saver’ tips. Any you’d like to share? My lovely lady and I need the sanity savers! I mean, we have a few, like huddling in a quiet room and crying and asking ourselves, ‘How can we run away?” I think because there is soooo much drama in any family, the best thing you can do is not get so caught up in the story lines. And that includes in my own life too. The real sanity-saver for me was learning I’ll never be a perfect parent, if there even is such a thing. Even though Supernanny makes it look easy with her Mary Poppins reward charts. I mean really, who has the time or the fridge space? Parenting in the year 2014 is a lot harder with all the Play Station distractions and zero hour work contracts. Just do the best you can with what you have. It’s hard but you just have to be yourself and not play the part of what you think a parent should be. It’ll drive you mad trying to keep up with the role. What I did was rip off my mask and say, “Hi, I’m Tom Stade and I’ve been playing the part of your dad! It’s really nice to finally meet you two beautiful people!” n
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Tom’s new show ‘Decisions, Decisions’ is at the Assembly Rooms Ballroom from 31st July – 25th August. For tickets go to www.edfringe.com
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