Kate Hudson: I "can't stand" my kids sometimes

by

Carolyn Robertson

posted in Celebrities

Whether she's on the sidelines at the soccer field or shuttling her two boys through one airport after another, actress and author Kate Hudson seems to be a very hands-on and happy mom. Like most moms, though, she has her limits.

During a visit to The Late Show With Stephen Colbert this week, Kate, 36, who has sons Ryder, 12, with ex-husband Chris Robinson and Bingham, 4, with ex-fiancé Matthew Bellamy, admitted that she too has those "moments that test you as a parent."

Like that time when she was trying to read a story to her boys in her bed and they wouldn't stop jumping and roughhousing - until they both threw up all over her clean sheets!

“And then for some reason Ryder did something to Bing, and then next thing you know Bing started to cry, and then I'm going, 'Bing, stop crying, there's no reason to cry,' then Ryder's like, 'He's the one who hit me,' and then next thing you know - Bing is not sick, he’s not ill - he just throws up," the single mom recalls. "And I love my bed... I had just cleaned my sheets and it’s, like, cozy. He threw up everywhere, and he thought it was hilarious. [Then Ryder] threw up because it was so gross!”

Kate's response? She says she managed to breathe: "Get... get... get out of my room..."

What a disaster! That's not all, though. Kate says that her motherhood journey is full of ups and downs.

“Let’s start with the fact that I, literally five seconds ago, was on FaceTime with [Ryder’s] teacher going, like, 'He did what? He did?'" she revealed. "He’s a great kid. I love him so much. They’re your kids: You love them, and then you can’t stand them sometimes. It’s just the truth!”

"Can't stand them?" It sounds a bit harsh, but I think she's right: It is the truth.

I remember seeing one of those viral Someecards on Facebook that read: "You're not a real parent until you've flipped your child off behind his back at least once."

I cringed and nodded in agreement all at once because while I'm not proud of it, I've done it.

The vast majority of the time my two girls are my favorite people in the world. The rest of the time I'm plotting my escape route.

We all have our triggers. For my husband, it's the mess that the kids make, like when one of them tips over a yogurt container and then just leaves it there to harden into a slimy, stinky glob that we find the next day. Don't get me wrong, I certainly don't love that, but it doesn't drive me completely crazy.

The thing that does is a total lack of gratitude. You know those days when you take your kid to a movie, get her some popcorn, spend an hour sitting on the floor at the bookstore, give her a quarter for the candy dispenser... the perfect day for a kid, right? But then on the way home you say, "I just need to stop at the store for some milk" and her response is: "Ugghhh. I don't want to go shopping! We always have to do your stuff!"

That is when I absolutely lose it.

I think it's normal, though. Kids are challenging. The most challenging! And let's face it: When someone barfs all over your bed and then starts laughing, you're probably going to be upset about it.

Are there times you "can't stand" your kids, too? Or is that too harsh?

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