Former Disney Channel actress Brenda Song became a mother for the first time a little over three years ago. She and her fiance, Macaulay Culkin, welcomed their first son, Dakota, in 2021. Just one year later, they welcomed another son, Carson.
Song recently sat down for a lengthy interview with Bustle about life as a mother. It was a pretty big interview as this was the first time she revealed their kids’ names.
If you didn’t know, Macaulay’s late sister was named Dakota. She passed away in 2008 after being hit by a car in Los Angeles. Both Macaulay and his brother Kieran were very close to Dakota.
Getting back to the interview with Song, she told Bustle that having two pregnancies in the same calendar year really made her question a lot of things in her life…
I had two pregnancies in the same calendar year. It was a lot. Once I stepped into motherhood, it made me question a lot: my place in this industry, my place as a woman, ageism in this industry, society’s pressures of what beauty is, what being young is. Things that I’d never questioned before. And also, my priority is my children, so I can’t just uproot my life and go live in Bulgaria for nine months to shoot a movie. I was like, ‘Does acting still fit in my life?’
She ended up finding a nice balance between home life and work life, thanks in large part to Culkin. Together, they worked out a schedule.
Family life is the most important thing, but I’ve always said to be the best parent, the best partner, I have to be the best me. And a huge part of this is work. I have to be able to honor that.
Ah, yes. The life of a parent. Constantly trying not to lose yourself. It’s sometimes difficult when you feel so much responsibility to these little humans you created.
