Pink has likened life as a working mother to "climbing Mount Everest".

Pop star Pink

Pop star Pink

The 41-year-old pop star - who has Willow, nine, and Jameson, four, with husband Carey Hart - admits it's tough to balance her career with her parental responsibilities, but she still enjoys the challenge.

She explained: "I'm always trying to figure out: 'Am I doing the right thing? Can a woman have it all? What does that even mean?' And the answer is no, most of the time you can't, and it feels like you're climbing Mount Everest.

"But it's also so magical what I get to do and who I get to be in this life."

Despite the challenge, Pink and her husband have managed to make the situation work over recent years and she has still maintained her success in the music business.

The 'Just Give Me a Reason' hitmaker told People: "Touring with kids is impossible - and I did the impossible. For a while there were a lot of other pop stars that were emailing me and calling me for the playbook on how to tour with kids, so I wrote a playbook for other moms.

"You just keep going. I'm just thinking about: 'Am I raising a kind person? What's it like to be my kid?'"

Pink grew up in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, where her mother worked as a nurse and her dad worked as an insurance salesman.

The pop star's children have grown up in very different circumstances, but she's determined to ensure they remain humble and hard working.

She reflected: "Their normal is different: we go on tour and have a ball pit in mommy's dressing room. But they are normal kids. Jameson wants to be an astronaut.

"Willow does gymnastics and reads Harry Potter and is convinced she's going to Hogwarts when she's 11, and I don't have the heart to tell her that she's not."


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