Katherine Ryan reveals why she will send her son Fred to school three times a week

Stand-up star, Katherine Ryan, has opened up about her children’s schooling, revealing that she is feeling ‘conflicted’ about sending her four year old to school

Katherine Ryan has revealed that she will only send her son, Fred, to school three times a week in a candid discussion about parenting. The stand-up star, 42, who is pregnant with her fourth child, shares Fred, four, with her husband, Bobby.

Katherine, who also shares daughter, Fenna, two, with Bobby, and has a 16-year-old daughter, Violet from a previous relationship, explained that little Fred is “really attached” to his parents and therefore wants to ease him into school life gently.

Opening up about her plans for the four-year-old in September when the school term starts, she said: “Fred starts at reception, which I was a little bit conflicted about because he’s a young four and I am a little Scandinavian in my beliefs about institutionalizing very young children.” It comes as Katherine reacted to Sam Faiers admitting she doesn’t use sun cream on her kids after the Canadian was diagnosed with skin cancer for the second time.

Explaining that Fred’s school has been “really cool” about her decision to only send him three times a week, Katherine continued to The Standard: “He is very articulate and clever but he’s really attached to us as well so they’re being really cool.

“They’re going to let him do reception three days a week for a little while and work his way up to five, so we’ll see how Fred responds to that.”

The Mock the Week star went onto say that she believes her fourth baby will be her last, revealing that after she gives birth, she’s “going to get hot” and maybe even have a facelift.

It comes after Katherine candidly revealed earlier this year that she had been diagnosed with skin cancer for a second time.

The glamorous comic was diagnosed with melanoma and told fans how she had to seek a second opinion after the first doctor told her the suspicious mole was benign and misdiagnosed her.

Katherine sought advice from a second doctor, who also thought the mole looked “totally fine” – but removed it and sent it away for testing where it was later confirmed that it was in fact melanoma.

According to the NHS, melanoma is a type of skin cancer that “can spread to other areas of the body”.

The main cause is “ultraviolet light, which comes from the sun and is used in sunbeds”.

Saying that she felt that the mole on her arm “wasn’t right”, Katherine told her followers on Instagram: “It just feels crazy to me, like what could have happened if I hadn’t been my own advocate – and I will continue to be my own advocate.

“If I hadn’t pushed, if I had taken that good answer the first time and walked away, then I would have had melanoma just growing and spreading in my arm and I would say ‘oh no the doctor says it’s fine, it’s fine’ and God knows how far that would have gone.”

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