Sunrise Host Edwina Bartholomew Backs Radical ‘Adults-Only Suburbs’ Proposal
Sunrise presenter Edwina Bartholomew backs radical proposal for ‘adults-only suburbs’ so people without children can enjoy ‘peace and quiet’
Edwina Bartholomew supports the idea of ’adults only’ suburbs and places for people without children who want peace and quiet.
Despite being the mother of two young children, the Sunrise news anchor says she understands the benefits of child-free spaces.
“I think it’s a brilliant idea,” he wrote in his News Corp column. ‘I love my children. I love his company, but I don’t love the sound of someone else’s screaming child.’
Edwina Bartholomew (pictured with husband Neil Varcoe and baby Tom) supports the idea of suburbia and ‘adults only’ places for people without children who want a bit of peace and quiet.
Edwina, who welcomed her second child in March of last year, said she sympathized with adults who don’t have children.
“I recently took my kids to one of those art installations where the work of famous artists is projected on the walls,” she explained.
‘All my three-year-old wanted to do was run, chasing his shadow on Monet’s water lilies.
“I found myself shushing her while smug artsy types looked on, preferring to enjoy the exhibition in contemplative silence.”
Despite being the mother of two young children, the Sunrise news anchor says she understands the benefits of child-free spaces.
Edwina shares three-year-old daughter Molly and 11-month-old son Tom with her husband Neil Varcoe. The couple married in 2018.
The Channel Seven star’s comments come after a Melbourne TikToker called for “adults only” suburbs.
The 27-year-old, known as Baby Soja, said in the video, which has since gone viral, that these areas should be created for people like her who “hate children.”
“I think it’s a brilliant idea,” he wrote in his News Corp. column. ‘I love my kids. I love their company, but I don’t love the sound of someone else’s screaming child.
She said she is “so sick” of children disturbing the “peace and quiet” of pools and other public areas.
“I’d like to know when someone plans to open an adult-only suburb where everything is adult-only,” the TikToker said.
Her annoyance arose after she went swimming in a pool and children were running in and out of the lap lane and preventing people from exercising.
“They have their own pool and they’re in the lap lane pool, not swimming laps just jumping around screaming, and that’s allowed because they’re allowed everywhere,” he said.
“I feel like people like me who are mean and hate children should have our own suburb where we can be quiet and undisturbed.”
Edwina (pictured on the set of Sunrise) shares three-year-old daughter Molly and 11-month-old son Tom with husband Neil Varcoe. The couple married in 2018.