Laura Dernis getting candid about single parenting.In a recent interview withModern Luxury‘sBoston Commonmagazine, theBig Little Liesstar opened up about being a single mom to sonEllery, 18, and daughter Jaya, 14, calling it “overwhelming” and “stressful.”“On good days, I am kind enough to remember that there are growing pains, and it is all overwhelming and not easy or always fun,” Dern, who shares her two children withex-husband Ben Harper, said.“On the hard days, it’s stressful and there is too much going on as a single parent — and it can be hard to carve out a minute for yourself,” the actress continued. “I have never had anybody else bully me in my single parenting life. I am lucky to have champions around me, but I can definitely do it to myself.”Dern, 52, and Harperfinalized their divorcein September 2013 after eight years ofmarriage.Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagicLaura Dern.In an interview withInStyleearlier this year, Dern said that being a single parent has made her more “ambitious.”“The more I learn about my mistakes as a mother, the deeper I enjoy how fully I love my children,” she shared. “Because I can let them know I really screw up sometimes. I hide from blame in a lot of areas in my life, but I’m trying not to do that as a mom.”“This is the first time in my life that I am being ambitious because I am a single parent. Raising kids gave me enough street cred to feel like I deserved the right to make money,” Dern continued. “This moment in my life is so sexy and freeing because I’ve had many relationships, I’ve had a marriage, I have my amazing children, so I’m not hiding who I am to get somebody who is willing to have kids or be married.”Laura Dern with daughter Jaya Harper.Gregg DeGuire/WireImageIt’s been a busy year for the actress, who starred in the second season ofBig Little Liesearlier in the summer and will act alongsideSaoirse RonanandEmma Watsonin the highly anticipated film adaptation ofLittle Women, set to be released in December.“My last fall and winter were spent doing [Little Women],and it was incredible,” Dern toldBoston Common. “It was so deeply female. We were playing such complicated women that when you reread the book, you feel it was written yesterday. It is complex and explorative of an independent voice and sexuality.”“It is not just, ‘Oh, we made a women’s movie,’” she continued. “They have madeLittle Womenbefore. The conversation we were having around it felt revolutionary. We are having the same conversation women have been having forever.”
Laura Dernis getting candid about single parenting.
In a recent interview withModern Luxury‘sBoston Commonmagazine, theBig Little Liesstar opened up about being a single mom to sonEllery, 18, and daughter Jaya, 14, calling it “overwhelming” and “stressful.”
“On good days, I am kind enough to remember that there are growing pains, and it is all overwhelming and not easy or always fun,” Dern, who shares her two children withex-husband Ben Harper, said.
“On the hard days, it’s stressful and there is too much going on as a single parent — and it can be hard to carve out a minute for yourself,” the actress continued. “I have never had anybody else bully me in my single parenting life. I am lucky to have champions around me, but I can definitely do it to myself.”
Dern, 52, and Harperfinalized their divorcein September 2013 after eight years ofmarriage.
Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic
Laura Dern.
In an interview withInStyleearlier this year, Dern said that being a single parent has made her more “ambitious.”
“The more I learn about my mistakes as a mother, the deeper I enjoy how fully I love my children,” she shared. “Because I can let them know I really screw up sometimes. I hide from blame in a lot of areas in my life, but I’m trying not to do that as a mom.”
“This is the first time in my life that I am being ambitious because I am a single parent. Raising kids gave me enough street cred to feel like I deserved the right to make money,” Dern continued. “This moment in my life is so sexy and freeing because I’ve had many relationships, I’ve had a marriage, I have my amazing children, so I’m not hiding who I am to get somebody who is willing to have kids or be married.”
Laura Dern with daughter Jaya Harper.Gregg DeGuire/WireImage
It’s been a busy year for the actress, who starred in the second season ofBig Little Liesearlier in the summer and will act alongsideSaoirse RonanandEmma Watsonin the highly anticipated film adaptation ofLittle Women, set to be released in December.
“My last fall and winter were spent doing [Little Women],and it was incredible,” Dern toldBoston Common. “It was so deeply female. We were playing such complicated women that when you reread the book, you feel it was written yesterday. It is complex and explorative of an independent voice and sexuality.”
“It is not just, ‘Oh, we made a women’s movie,’” she continued. “They have madeLittle Womenbefore. The conversation we were having around it felt revolutionary. We are having the same conversation women have been having forever.”
source: people.com
