Erin and Ben Napier have literally millions of fans of their HGTV show “Home Town.”
But daughters Helen and Mae are not among them. And Erin couldn’t be happier about that.
On “The Heirloom” podcast, which is hosted by the Napiers’ friends Jim Rasberry and Josh Nowell, Erin said, “Helen and Mae don’t care at all about HOME TOWN. They don’t care about it. When I tell you they don’t care about it at all, they don’t even want to tell anyone that’s what we do. Like they don’t want anyone to know about HOME TOWN.”
Erin was on the podcast with her best friends and the podcast hosts’ wives, Mallorie Rasberry and Emily Nowell. And talking about kids was the first order of business.
Erin told her friends that not only do they not watch the show, 7-year-old Helen and 4-year-old Mae would likely hide what their parents do from friends. Emily Nowell agreed, saying, “I can see Helen being like, it’s career day at school, and it’s like ‘my mom’s an accountant,’ ‘my dad’s a dentist,’ and Helen’s like ‘my parents don’t have jobs, they can’t come,’” she laughed.
Erin chimed in, “She would be like ‘daddy fixes things,’… ‘mommy goes to old houses.’ She would like downplay the whole thing, which I actually love.”
Helen & Mae Napier Think All Parents Have Their Own TV Shows
While the Napier daughters are singularly unimpressed by their parents’ fame, they also think it’s totally normal.
Erin says both girls believe all parents have their own TV shows, regardless of what they do for a living.
“Our kids man, they’re messed up,” she joked. “They think everybody does this, that everybody has a TV show. So, if you’re an accountant then there is someone filming it. She just believes everyone does that and it’s terribly boring.”
Erin Gives Insight Into Daughters’ Personalities
The friends talked about the very different personalities of their kids, with Jim Rasberry hypothesizing that all first-born children are “responsible and laid back.”
Erin laughed at that and said, “I experience something a little different.”
She went on to explain that while her oldest, Helen, is very responsible, “easy going is not the right word.”
“She’s a little high maintenance,” she went on. “She has expectations and if the expectation is not met, we’re very unhappy. Easy going is not it.”
Erin and Friends Have a Group Chat That Is Light on Boundaries
Erin and besties Mallorie and Emily explained to the men that they know everything about them, thanks to a group text.
Erin says the text between the three of them is labeled “Tele Help” in their phones because “all we really do is talk about our ailments.”
“We are certified GMDs,” laughed friend Emily. “Google Medical Doctors.”
“But we’re pretty good,” added Erin. “We’re right like 72-percent of the time.” She says they even once diagnosed younger daughter Mae with German measles.
“First thing in the morning, we text each other, ‘how did you sleep?’ It’s a wellness check first thing in the morning, it’s the first thing we do is check on each other,” Erin says of her friends. “Did anybody sleep all night? Did Mae have a night terror? No? Oh my gosh, we’re gonna have a great day gang!”
Erin Napier Says in Parenting You Have to ‘Constantly Say Goodbye’
Erin Napier told her friends that the most surprising thing about parenting so far is that “you have to constantly say goodbye.”
“You get to know a newborn. And then before you know it, I mean it really feels like overnight they go to bed and you’re saying goodbye to someone… because the next day, they know a new word and they can do a new thing. And once it adds up over a few months, they are someone completely different. Every day you fall in love with someone, and every night you tell them goodbye and you never see that person again,” she said.
“And they’re all inside there and you sometimes see the littler them, but I don’t know, that’s been difficult for me,” Erin added.
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Erin Napier Loves That Daughters ‘Don’t Care’ About ‘Home Town’