Kate Winslet
I [balance work with raising 2 kids] with great precision. I plan everything in advance: who's picking up. We have charts, maps and lists on the fridge, all over the house. I sometimes feel like I'm...
View ArticleReese Witherspoon
"I am an "all kinds" of mom. I'm a working mom, so I definitely have those moments where I wish I could be home with the kids. But I'm lucky that my job isn't all day every day, so I do get to be there...
View ArticleJulia Roberts
"I am very fulfilled in my home life, and what films do for me is to create an ironclad structure that, in my life as a mom, does not exist. It is a shapeless blob of happy chaos-- so it's certainly...
View ArticleCheryl Hines.
"I feel like I will be the best mom I can be if I am a happy person. And for me, it makes me happy to go to work and do something, and [then] come home and be the mom. You keep your sanity first, and...
View ArticleKelly Ripa
" I feel like women are a role model to me. I'm constantly meeting working moms in my audience who achieve so much in their lives that I feel encouraged and empowered by them. We're all going through...
View ArticleKate Beckinsale
"My daughter comes with me everywhere... I don’t leave her behind. But it is hard. I mean, I think any working mother will tell you that what kind of falls by the wayside, you know, are the hours of...
View ArticleMaggie Gyllenhaal
"Growing up in Los Angeles, I was surrounded by plenty of working moms, including my grandmother, a pediatrician, and my mother, a writer and producer. This seemed very natural to me. I just thought,...
View ArticleJennifer Garner
“The family acted like I was going to the moon,” Jennifer Garner explained regarding her decision to travel alone to Toronto to promote her new film. “Even though [husband] Ben [Affleck] is there with...
View ArticleJessica Alba
"I think [balancing work and family] is something that most women in this country can relate to. It's tough. It's a tough balance, trying to be the best mom. And obviously my family is my priority. And...
View ArticleBrooke Shields
"I don’t think you ever feel you’re balancing anything. My kids are great, and I have a good husband. You’ve just got to keep everything in the air." - On balancing career and family, as told to Life...
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