The mother of Scotland’s biggest family has said returning to work is “easier” than being at home.
Emma Hann, 48, returned to work after 28 years raising her 13 children in the Charleston area of Dundee.
Mrs Hann has taken on a role at family-business Empire State Cafe, on Whitehall Crescent.
Along with her brother Scott Campbell and his wife Kudzi, they bought the cafe earlier this year.
She said: “Work is easier than what it’s been like at home. It’s been really good so far.
“I want to be really involved and I want to learn about everything.
“It feels like it’s something for myself. I still want to be a good grandmother and mother.
“This is the first time for a long time that I’ve not had a half-day nursery or school on. I’ve always had one child in nursery half-day so I couldn’t commit to any work when I only had two hours or so.
“I still have a 25-year old at home and the youngest is three, so there are times when me and my husband are at home when we feel like they want the place to themselves, so this is a good way for me to accommodate that.
“I can’t always answer my phone now but hopefully they’ll realise they can’t call me for every little thing if they know I’m busy.
“The cafe is a lot easier to clean than home.
“I still needed something flexible. I would have worked anywhere, but I’m very lucky that my brother and his wife decided to take on the coffee shop and included me.
“I’m in a truly privileged and unique position in that I am able to work around the children.
“I had been wanting to do something for a while now. I looked into giving piano lessons, but the times that people seemed to want lessons didn’t really fit in.”
Three of her children have already flown the nest, leaving 10 still at home.
The brood consists of Rachel, 27, Sophia, 25, Polly, 24, Charlotte, 22, Alice, 20, Annabelle, 18, Jennifer, 16, Isabella, 14, Jonas, 13, Enos, ten, Eva, nine, Posy, seven and Meg, three.
Charlotte also works in the coffee shop.
Mrs Hann became a grandmother last year when daughter Polly and her husband Michael Watt had a son, Lachlan.
