Jennifer Lopez Discusses Parenting Styles and Mother's Day Plans (Exclusive)
05.05.2023 - 15:17
/ etonline.com
Jennifer Lopez isn’t a helicopter parent. Lopez spoke with ET’s Rachel Smith on Thursday, ahead of a screening of at The Whitby Hotel in New York City, and discussed her upcoming film, parenthood and her simple plans for Mother’s Day. In the action-packed movie, Lopez plays an assassin helicopter parent who comes out of hiding to protect her daughter she left earlier in life from dangerous assailants.«I wouldn't call myself a helicopter parent,» said Lopez. «I'm a little more laid back. You know, the word would be gypsy-ish.
We travel the world, me and my kids. We give them their space. I feel like, 'I'm here.
I love you.'»Lopez and her ex, Marc Anthony, share 15-year-old twins Emme and Max, while her husband, Ben Affleck, and his ex-wife, Jennifer Garner, are parents to Violet, 17, Seraphina, 14, and Samuel, 11.When asked who disciplines the children more, Lopez shared, «I think we both are, but we're gentle in that way. We're not disciplinary in a really tough, aggressive way. That's not our style.»With Mother’s Day is around the corner, Lopez told ET that she’s planning to take it easy.
«I mean it's like a day off,» she shared. «I'm looking forward to just spending it at home with the kids, with the hubby, and watching The Mother.»Lopez also opened up about what wisdom she’d like her children to take away from her. «To stand in their own truth and unapologetically be themselves.