Tamron Hall opens up about balancing work and motherhood, and facing harsh criticism

Feb 5

Article By Treva Samson // EEW Magazine // Parenting

Imagine hosting a new, successful talk show and being a new mom to a 9-month-old while trying to juggle it all every day.

That is the life of Tamron Hall who is covering a brand new issue of Parents Magazine. Although the Christian wife and mom makes it look easy, she doesn’t pretend to have it all together.

The 49-year-old beauty’s bright smile lights up the cover of the March issue as she holds her handsome son Moses. But there is far more to her role than looking pretty for photoshoots and on-set cameras. Hall, who has to fulfill various roles, admits she has, in the past, tried to do everything herself but is slowly accepting that help is necessary to maintain work-life balance.

“I have this ‘I can handle it all’ attitude,’ but I’m trying to stop,” says Hall who has a live-in nanny to help out with Baby Moses. Even with help, however, she has to figure out how to handle business while on mommy duty.

Tamron Hall and son Moses cover Parents magazine's March issue (Credit: Mei Tao for Parents) — Tamron Hall and son Moses cover *Parents* magazine's March issue (Credit: Mei Tao for Parents)

“I try to arrange my calls during his naps, but it’s a juggle,” explains Hall who works from home on Fridays. “I used to feel guilty for using my phone around him, but I can’t put my team on hold because I’m playing with my son, right? That’s not fair to them either. So I just keep calls quick.”

Being a working mom is a reality millions of women face, but not everyone is in the spotlight like Hall is, which comes with lots of public scrutiny. The daytime TV host tells Parents that she sometimes receives criticism from other women for working after recently giving birth. She believes those who shame her are perpetuating the shame others have placed upon them.

Even so, the resilient woman of faith refuses to let it get her down or make her feel guilty. Hall says she doesn’t “feel bad about saying goodbye to Moses” when she leaves for work in the morning because “it’s the reality of being a working mom.”

She adds, “But I try not to focus on the leaving part too much. I just give Moses a kiss and go.”