Writing my feature article

 Hey guys! For my feature article I knew I wanted to interview my mom, I was just unsure of what questions to ask her so I laid them out so they would be easy to answer and made fit the theme I wanted to create.

The questions I listed were such:

1. So what is your name and how long have you been a mom?

2. How is the experience of being a mom? Is it difficult?

3. Do you have any advice for first time parents who might be struggling to get by?

4. How are your children? Do you have to adapt different teaching styles when raising both of them?

5. How was it like starting over after 13 years? Is it difficult?

6. How is it like being a single mother? Is it hard? 
For the other single mothers out there? Do you have any advice for them? 

Before I interviewed my mom I thought I didn't have enough questions and that made me feel a little loss as I didn't know what else to ask. However I realized that the questions I asked were good as long as my mom gave clear and descriptive answers (typically long)

I then interviewed my mom and the process was honestly really fun! We had to rerecord multiple times because we kept laughing but the end result came out very well.

So what is your name and how long have you been a mom?

My full name is Jasmine Brianna Jackson. I've been a mother for 18 years.

How is the experience of being a mom? Is it difficult?

 I wouldn't say it's difficult, but it is challenging. Just because every day is different, each day having to raise children and your schedule is constantly evolving, and also it has to be balanced around work as well. 

Do you have any advice for first time parents who might be struggling to get by?

As a first time parent, I would say, as long as you have a village or someone who is in your corner, whether it be family and or friends, then I wouldn't call it as much of a struggle. Just make sure that you seek out as much help as you can, possibly, because as a 1st time parent, it is just a lot going on. 

How are your children? Do you have to adapt different teaching styles when raising both of them?

Yes, my children have a 13 year age gap. If I'm not mistaken, so yes, we have different teaching styles. I have an 18 year old and then I have a 4 year old. So there is a 13 year age gap. I'm starting all the way over, almost as if I'm a new mom and also still raising an adult in the process of different teaching styles, completely different upbringings between the 2 of them, almost seems as if they each were an only child within the home. 

How was it like starting over after 13 years? Is it difficult?

No, I wouldn't say it's difficult at all. Actually, an expert at this point. 
So it's not difficult but it's also not as easygoing with my second born, since he's very rowdy.

How is it like being a single mother? Is it hard? For the other single mothers out there? Do you have any advice for them? 

Single mom? No, I was raised by a single mom after my mom was divorced from my father, I spent many years living just with her, and my siblings. So single mom, no. I learned how to become a single mom for my mom being a single mom, and it just, you know, adds to your strength and capabilities, and that's what I was saying, just adapt. 
My advice for other single moms would be the same, like, find... Find a person and or people that you can keep in your corner to build a village that would help you... 
Basically, yes, adapt to that single mom lifestyle because as long as you have a village, I feel like anything is possible. And at the end of the day, it's always mama's baby, daddy's maybe. So, I mean, you make a child, you raise that child, you love that child, and you know, that's how life would be. 

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I'm really excited to put this interview into my brief and make it its own page!

See you later! Over and out!