Molly-Mae and Tommy Fury ‘on the fence’ over sending Bambi to school

They don't want Bambi to lose her "spark"

The former Love Island stars, who are now expecting their second child, were hoping to enrol Bambi (3) in a Catholic school in light of Tommy's religious beliefs.

Speaking in her latest vlog, Molly-Mae said: “We went to visit a school for Bambi. I feel as though it could be quite a controversial one. You know me, I can sneeze, and people will find it controversial…”

“I’m not really going to go into depth about it, but we were very much feeling on the fence with schooling and what we were going to do and where we are at with it.

“I was in the normal school system, I didn’t go to private school. We’re just very stuck about what we are going to do.

“The kind of school we would want Bambi to go to, there are not many left,” she continued.

“Catholic schools are few and far between, and it’s a non-negotiable because it’s Tommy’s religion. He wants her to go to a Catholic school, and obviously I support that.”

“We’ve actually been going to church quite a bit for the last few months. We try to go most Sundays. We will go tomorrow morning.

“Tommy really wants it to be a part of Bambi’s upbringing. When our second baby comes along, we are going to get them baptised. We haven’t actually done that with Bambi yet, because we just haven’t got round to it,” Molly explained.

“When the baby is here, we are going to do a joint baptism. But back to school, I don’t know what we are going to do.

“We went to see a school, and I think it affirmed to us that we are very much on the fence about… I don’t want to say about sending her at all… I definitely want her to go to school, but I just don’t know what that looks like.”

“I don’t know in what capacity. I think the legal age you have to send them is five. Do we wait a little bit? Do we just take her lead if it seems like she’s ready, which I think she really does.

“I don’t want to say the wrong thing, because the school is amazing that we went to go and see. It’s just, you know when you can’t fault it. It was almost too perfect.”

The successful influencer went on to explain that she and Tommy don't want Bambi to lose her "spark".

“Bambi has just got so much… I mean, I am biased because she is my child, but she’s got so much personality, and every parent thinks their child is beyond special… But she is such a spark and has such a brightness about her, that the thought of sending her to school – I want her to just stay Bambi.”

“And you have to let go at some point as a parent and allow your child to spread their wings and I don’t know, I just don’t want her to lose her and be told five days a week… even like little things we picked up on in this school, obviously they are so strict, which is great and we’re strict with Bambi, but in a way that we’re comfortable with.”

“I just feel like handing your child over for five days a week, six, seven hours a day, to a system – it’s kind of terrifying and I think because we’re so protective over Bambi. I am so protective, but Tommy’s another level. I just don’t really know where our heads are at with it.’

“We went to go and see the school to see where our heads are at and encourage us. However, I just feel like it set us back a little bit because we thought, woah, this is a lot.

“I feel like I left school myself about five minutes ago, and now I’m looking for a school for my child, and I just don’t know what to think. It all feels very overwhelming and kind of scary, and I think we are just going to put the brakes on it.”

“The reason we are looking around is because everyone is pressurising us, saying you need to get a space if you want her to go to one of these great schools, but this is too overwhelming for me,” she confessed.

“Equally, I don’t want Bambi to miss out and if she wants to go to school, obviously we are going to encourage that. I just want her to be happy.

“If we enrol her in a school and she absolutely loves it and she is thriving, then that is amazing. That’s what we want. Equally, we might put her in a school if that’s what we decide to do, but it might not be what works – but could homeschooling be an option?

“People will probably be thinking this is because of Tommy’s opinions and he is half traveller on his dad’s side. Tommy went to school, so it’s nothing really to do with that. Tommy has his own opinions on it and he’s the same as me. He’s just on the fence.”

“If we find something that works, amazing. Tommy went to school. He did leave it a little bit early, but he basically was in school normally. I don’t know, it’s just a minefield and I hope I don’t offend anyone in starting this conversation because I know it’s so subjective.”

“What also doesn’t help is that I really didn’t enjoy school, at all. People say you really look back at school as the best years of your life and I certainly don’t,” she admitted.

“I think my year group was quite a b**chy year group. School was meant to be fun and it’s meant to be the best years of your life. It’s meant to be the part of your life before things get serious. That school felt so serious.

“We all have different opinions… She might have a completely different experience to me and I don’t ever want to make a decision that’s then going to hinder her future.

“Let’s say she wants to become a vet, she wants to become a doctor or a nurse or do something where she needs specific grades, then we want her to have that. So, thanks for listening to my TED talk.”