Woman's Day Magazine NZ

Jessica Mutch Mckay & Margaux 'Struggle with Mum Guilt’

When it comes to the daily events that play out in Parliament, Jessica Mutch McKay is confident she has us covered.

But if you ask her how she’s doing being both political editor for 1 News and a doting mother to her gorgeous nearly-four-year-old daughter Margaux, she’s less certain she’s got it all sorted.

“I’m totally a professional and I think that I’m a good mum, but I have my moments – sometimes I can be a great mum and an editor, but I’m not being a great friend, a great wife or a great daughter,” she confesses to Woman’s Day.

Things are easier now Margaux is at an “awesome” daycare, smiles Jessica, 39. “She has great teachers and a little network of besties, which is all sorts

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