Lopez talks about the challenges of parenting teenagers
While sitting with the ladies on “The View,” Jennifer Lopez talked about her new Netflix movie “The Mother,” the difficulties of raising teenagers, and how husband Ben Affleck has taught her new things.
Lopez revealed that her twins, now 15, have entered the phase where they “don’t want to talk” to her as much as they used. And while Lopez knows it’s part of growing up, it still hurts.
“It’s all necessary, and intellectually, I understand it, but my heart, my heart hurts,” she said.
On the subject of parenting, Lopez shared that she’s been inspired by husband Ben Affleck.
“He’s such a brilliant guy anyway, and you can tell that when he had his kids, he must have read every book and everything that you could possibly learn about children, and he applies it,” Lopez said.
Lopez admits that “it brings tears” to her eyes when she witnesses Affleck tending to the children and that he’s “taught her new things” about interacting with the kids.
“I remember my mom saying to me, ‘I’m always the bad guy,’” Lopez said. “There is some truth to that, you know, the mom, you get a little bit of the brunt of it.”
Lopez hasn’t held back when it comes to her relationship with her mother and how she was raised. In her Netflix documentary “Halftime” she credited her work ethic to her mother, recalling that her mother was a “disciplinarian” who used to “beat the sh**” out of her and her siblings.
Lopez and Affleck have a blended family of five. Lopez has a set of twins with ex-husband musician Mark Anthony. Affleck, meanwhile, has three kids with ex-wife Jennifer Garner.
Source: ajc.com
