OversharingLike many family bloggers, Rachaele often overshares what should be private details of her family life. Some examples include: I think that working also brings with it a great degree of personal fulfillment. It makes me happy to be helping our family financially. My work can be intellectually stimulating. And I feel as though having a job lessens the worry about losing my self-identity to motherhood completely.

Domestic Abuse WorkAt some point Rachaele started claiming to be "working with" charities and providing support to people (mainly women) who have been subjected to domestic abuse (she calls these "warriors). Rachaele claims to have been a victim herself when she was with the father of her two eldest daughters, however in her book in 2018 she admits that this was a mutually violent relationship. The below is a media story where she admits that she planned to kill her then husband:Rachaele often shows cards, notes and gifts that she claims to have received from all manner of people - teachers, social workers, health professionals, always in a similar handwriting style to her own, and always consisting of gushing praise for her. Tattlers suspect that these are not genuine, and have been fabricated by Rachaele herself for attention. CriticismRachaele has often attracted criticism from users on Tattle, some of the incidents over the years include:

You portray yourself as this woman who does so much good for DA victims yet your teenager daughter lives in the garden. You do not show respect to your husband and neither do your children; if he treated you as you do him – your morons would be in uproar. Sadly people have been scared to speak out about what happened, some have and do try to continue, but some are threatened just like myself and my family were.

Even though the title includes the word “mummy”, this is not only the story of a mother and stepmother, it is also the story of a daughter, a sister, a friend, a wife. It’s the story of a woman. In recounting her story, Rachaele Hambleton is honest and relatable. We get an insight into the life of a woman whose life was far from easy since her childhood. From her parents’ divorce to dropping out of school, from a series of bad relationships to her pregnancies, from finally finding the love of her life to becoming a stepmother, the author doesn’t leave anything out. With a clear and fluid and writing style, Rachaele Hambleton shares the most important difficult, emotional, and happiest moments of her life.