Why Eva Mendes and Ryan Gosling Keep Their Kids Off Social Media
So, Eva Mendes has dropped some thought bombs on parenting that are shaking the world of celebrity mom advice! She’s decided to keep her kids off social media and, quite astonishingly, they don’t even have cell phones! Now, doesn’t that sound like a scene out of a sitcom where the parents are hilariously out of touch? But wait, there’s more! Her partner, Ryan Gosling, has thrown in his support like a true co-parenting superhero, cape and all.
The Internet as a Dark Alley
In an enlightening chat with The Sunday Times, Mendes likened putting her kids online to asking them to wander into a dark alley at night. And honestly, that’s a helluva metaphor. If that doesn’t send shivers down your spine, I don’t know what will! Can you imagine? “Sure, kids, just go ahead and explore the wild, wild web where trolls and keyboard warriors wait to ambush you – it’ll be fun!” I mean, who needs protection from the world’s dangers when you have Instagram filters?
Passing Down Fears and Failures
Eva’s fear of social media isn’t entirely unfounded. She acknowledges that she’s passed down her fears to her daughters, who are currently aged 10 and 8. “Thanks, Mum, for the lifelong anxiety!” might be a line she’ll hear on a therapy couch in a decade or two. But it’s refreshing to hear her admit that she doesn’t want her kids to inherit ALL of her baggage. I mean, who wouldn’t want to avoid learning about their parent’s awkward teen years on Facebook?
The Struggle is Real
In her nuanced wisdom, Mendes further explained she and Ryan had to fight through tough times, living paycheck to paycheck. Ah, the good ol’ days when their biggest problem was scrounging up change for a cup of coffee instead of curating the perfect Instagram aesthetic! She says, “They don’t understand that until they have to experience it themselves.” Well, let’s not forget that experience often comes with a side of crushed dreams and a sprinkle of existential dread.
Building Confidence at Home
But fear not! Mendes believes that a little household chore can build self-confidence in her kids. Take that, online influencer culture! Instead of scrolling through TikTok, they’ll be learning life skills like cleaning the living room and, dare I say, not setting the oven on fire while trying to bake cookies? The horror!
And you know what? There’s something empowering about working and earning your freedom… and maybe even room service in their own homes someday. Mendes emphasizes that “working is cool,” which is honestly the type of slogan that should be embroidered into pillows for motivational talks!
Eva Mendes still keeps her children away from social media. They don’t have cell phones – and Ryan Gosling agrees.
Here in a recent conversation with The Sunday Times, the actress explained Hitch: “Putting my child on the internet and saying: Oh well, look something up is for me the same as asking her to go out into the street in the middle of the night and say: It will be fine. It sounds extreme, but that’s how it feels to me. me.”
Extremes talk
Eva explained this extreme reason: “I still have all those fears and I think I passed that on to them. Subconsciously I can’t imagine what they inherit from me and I don’t want them to inherit from me.”
Their daughters are 10 and 8 years old. Eva Mendes said that she wants them to be mentally strong. She said: “I tell them what I didn’t have when I was young and what Ryan didn’t have when he was young. We had to fight, dark days from paycheck to paycheck.”
Experience it yourself
She continued: “But they don’t understand that until they have to experience it themselves. The best thing for now is that they have tasks at home for their self-confidence. I emphasize that working is cool.” More to come in Access Hollywood’s YouTube video.
