• Skip to content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Home
  • Shop ModernMom
  • Become An Insider

ModernMom

The premiere destination for moms

  • Parenting
    • Pregnancy
    • Baby
    • Kids
    • Tweens and Teens
    • ModernMom Monday Videos
  • Cooking
  • Living Healthy
    • Breast Cancer
    • Health & Fitness
    • Body after Baby
    • Beauty
    • Relationships
    • Love
  • Lifestyle
    • Crafts
    • At Home
    • Education
    • Travel
    • Pets
    • Decorate
    • Money
    • Brooke Burke
  • Celebrate
    • Holidays
      • Easter
      • Valentine’s Day
      • New Year’s
      • Christmas
      • Hanukah
      • Halloween
      • Thanksgiving
    • Birthdays
    • Parties
  • Must Have
  • Contests
  • Entertainment

Brooke Shields on Why Motherhood Makes Her Feel Normal

October 12, 2009 by ModernMom Staff Leave a Comment

Actress Brooke Shields opens up in the December/January issue of Cookie about raising two young girls and embracing the mundane – sleep deprivation, school drop-off, and even My Little Pony marathons.

Here’s a more from the interview on newsstands now:

On balancing Lipstick Jungle and being a mom… “I had this trainer once who said to always do two out of the three: eat well, rest, and exercise. These days it’s more like ‘Which one out of the three can I do?’”

On how she’s learned from her famously intense and tumultuous relationship with her own mom… “I feel like there’s a reason I had girls. My mom and I were very, very, very close, but we had no separation. My daughters are teaching me that it’s okay to have boundaries, that they want them.”

On her recent epiphany while sitting in her daughter’s school chapel… “I watched the children file in quietly. I was in a seat another mom had saved for me – like in high school! – and Rowan’s eyes lit up when she saw me sneaking a wave. She kept checking for me. I was just another mom sharing the experience and I thought, ‘Wow, it took having a child for me to feel like I belong, that I’m normal.’ It was pretty profound.”

On why she readily sacrifices sleep and Spinning class for moments like the one in the chapel, when she can sink into the background and simply be a mom… “I’m a larger-than-life thing. I’m the reason the paparazzi take their [her daughters’] pictures. When my girls are on their own, and their little personalities come out, I feel so good.”

Comments

comments

Filed Under: Mommywood

About ModernMom Staff

Reader Interactions

Primary Sidebar

Tell a friend

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Search

ModernMom Boutique

ModernMom TV

Featured

Six Reasons to Have Six Kids

When people hear that I have six kids, the reaction is … [Read More...] about Six Reasons to Have Six Kids

Must Have

ToniBox

Meet Toniebox – A Loveable Storytime Friend For Your Kids

If you are looking for something to occupy your children … [Read More...] about Meet Toniebox – A Loveable Storytime Friend For Your Kids

Did you know?

pregnancy & tooth pain

Pregnancy & Tooth Pain

what causes baby hiccups

What Causes Baby Hiccups?

Can You Get Pregnant Without Menstruating?

How to Take Wrinkles Out of Polyester With Steam

Dizziness in Pregnancy

Causes of Dizziness in Pregnancy

How Long Can Cupcakes Be Stored After Baking

How Long Can Cupcakes Be Stored After Baking?

toddler hair growth

Toddler Hair Growth

Footer

  • About Us
  • Contact ModernMom
  • Advertise With Us
  • Press
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
  • Contributors

Copyright © 2021 Modern Mom. All Rights Reserved.

Reproduction of any portion of this website only at the express permission of Mom, Inc.

The information provided on ModernMom is for educational use only. It should not be used as a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.