Beata Leppilampi tells Iltalehte about her family with small children.
– For joint parenting to work, there must be a team. Family life with small children is heavy and demanding. If on top of that there were educational differences with the spouse, it would be a nightmare, says Beata Leppilampi.
Beata and Mikko Leppilampi live together as a family with small children with their 2- and 4-year-old children. The family enjoys their time together, and according to Beata, there is no need for a break. For example, the family likes to spend weekends at the ice rink with hockey training.
– I think it’s romantic that this is our family and these are our guys. Maybe I don’t even miss the fact that now I have to get somewhere, Beata describes.
In Beata’s speech, there is no sign of boredom with the work of a family with children. It is also evidenced by a recent territorial conquest, a passion project, as Beata herself describes. The Satuni application designed for evening fairy tales and their customization was launched last week.
– Yes, you feel alive, Leppilampi describes the mood at the app’s launch event.
Mikko will also be present at the event, who is also part of the application’s team. Enthusiasm also shines from his face, but he does not want to give an interview this time. Today the focus is on Beata.
Beata Leppilampi presented her new application. Atte Kajova
An original idea
Everything started with Beata’s own parents. In the Leppilampi family, it has been a habit to listen to evening fairy tales read by Beata’s parents who live abroad via voicemail. Beata’s father lives in Canada, while her mother is a world traveler who lives “whenever, anywhere”.
– My children are both their only and first grandchildren. I know they would like to be with them all the time, says Beata.
– I came across the idea somewhere that my parents would record their own voices and read a bedtime story to the children, he continues.
An idea started to develop from that, which has now been concretized into a ready-made application.
Beata talks about her app proudly and at length. Enough details. According to Beata, telling fairy tales is, for example, an opportunity to teach the child emotional skills. There is also a lot of research information about the benefits of reading to children and telling fairy tales to children.
– As a mother, it is important to me that everything is something I can stand behind and that I can use it with the children. I’m annoyingly precise here, Beata laughs.
Mikko and Beata Leppilampi live a family life with small children. Atte Kajova
Family sheet
Beata and Mikko are equally interested in education and pedagogy. Beata says that she is grateful to Miko for the role he plays in running the family.
– Even if there are all kinds of projects and work things in the world, these kids are here and they are number one. Then let’s stay awake at night and do these things. But they are the number one priority.
The couple can sense each other, for example, if the other is in a cranky mood or busy with work. Then the other person may take on more of a childcare role.
However, there is one clear difference in Beata’s and Miko’s parenting.
– We have two sons. Rampage, wrestling and running are their and Miko’s thing. I have such calmer moments, says Beata.
The family’s plans for the end of the year are to spend at least a traditional family Christmas in their own home. Beata, who lived abroad, believes that Christmas is celebrated in Finland.
– The children are so young that traveling by plane is not attractive. We used to invite relatives to our home at Christmas, says Beata.