We all want to be the “fun” parent all the time, right? Sadly, that’s not possible. Sometimes you have to be the strict parent as well.
And finding that balance between the two has been difficult for 47-year-old actress, Anna Faris. She shares an 11-year-old son named Jack with her ex-husband, Chris Pratt.
During a recent interview with PEOPLE, she opened up about her struggles, admitting she plays the part of the “fun mom” too often…
I don’t think I find a good balance! No. I think that I’m like, ‘Organic? What?’ I don’t know: ‘Do you really have to do your homework?’
What are some of the things Faris does as the fun mom? Well, she says every six months, Jack gets to choose a little mother-son trip for them to do.
Every six months he gets to choose an activity. Because we live in Los Angeles, sometimes it’ll be Disneyland. We haven’t conquered Universal Studios yet. But going up to the San Diego Zoo, that kind of thing. And I love those mother-son trips. Getting delight in feeling rascally with him, feeling like a kid with him, is incredibly fun. We’ll play-act games together. I’ll be a mean nanny, or I love to do boarding-school headmistress.
Sounds like she’s loving motherhood! By the way, she’s also a step-mom as well. Her new husband, Michael Barrett, has a 20-year-old and a 17-year-old from a previous relationship.
