Carolyn Robertson
posted in CelebritiesShe's a mom-of-two in real life, and now Kristen Bell is taking it to the big screen.
The 35-year-old actress co-stars alongside other celebrity mothers like Mila Kunis, Jada Pinkett Smith and Christina Applegate in the new comedy, Bad Moms.
If the title alone isn't enough to make you want to see it, the inspiration behind the film will no doubt resonate with all of us.
"The goal of the movie is to remind us that there are so many different types of parents out there. And that's great, because there are so many different types of kids," Kristen explains. "The movie is saying, 'We see you, we hear you, we get you. We're all on the same team here.'"
She hopes that the movie will help moms see that even though we all have own unique parenting perspectives, when it comes right down to it we're not all that different.
As Kristen puts it in a new interview with Redbook magazine: "In the age of social media, when you can edit your life in beautiful pictures, it’s important to remind moms that all of us are wearing yogurt and all of our hands smell like urine."
She makes an excellent point.
The former Veronica Mars star, who has daughters Lincoln and Delta with her husband Dax Shepard, is the first to admit she's an imperfect parent. And she's just fine with that.
"If you walk out of your house worried that people will judge you, you will feel judged. You are setting an expectation that will be inevitable," Kristen tells TODAY, adding that we're ready for a cease-fire in the so-called Mommy Wars. "There are so many moms and so many people out there who are done with that game of picking sides and having stereotypes and feeling like we're at war with each other. I choose not to label myself under any circumstance. I'm not a good mom; I'm not a bad mom. I'm the mom I am and I try very hard, and when I fail, that's OK."
I feel as though I'm slowly coming to the same realization. When my girls were babies I was pretty obsessed with doing things right. I was suddenly in charge of the well-being of these two tiny souls and I really just didn't want to screw it up.
I still don't want to screw it up, but as my kids have gotten older it's dawned on me that there are much more important things to model for them than perfection. I want them to learn from me that it's okay to make a mess of things sometimes, and that when they do make mistakes, they can recover from them. So if - make that when - I screw up, so be it. As long as they know that I'm trying my best, and that I love them right down to their bones, I think we'll be okay.
Do you fall into the trap of "perfect parenting" sometimes?
In the spirit of honesty, parenting "fails" you'll love:
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