Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds
Cindy Ord/Getty ImagesRyan Reynolds and Blake Lively They are both Hollywood stars, but they are committed to giving their children a regular life.
In an interview with Hollywood Reporter Posted on Friday, December 13th dead pool The actor opened up about his family.
Reynolds and Lively have four children together: daughters James, 9, Inez, 8, and Betty, 5, as well as son Olin, whom they welcomed in early 2023.
“We try to give them as normal a life as possible,” Reynolds told the outlet.
“I try not to impose on them that their childhood is different from mine or my wife's,” the actor continued, reflecting on his and Blake's upbringing and how it changed his perspective on raising children.
“We both grew up very working class, and I remember when they were very young, I would say or think, like, ‘Oh my God, I would never have gotten a gift like that when I was a kid,’ or, ‘I would never have had the luxury of getting takeout. “Or something else,” Reynolds said.
“Then I realized this is not their bag full of rocks that they have to carry,” he said, adding that his children began to demonstrate their own values. “They are already very in touch with gratitude and understanding of the world enough to have a strong sense of empathy.”
Reynolds explained how his children and Lively made him feel secure in their parenting style.
“These are the things that I think (would indicate) that we are doing well — if our children are able to empathize with other people and other children,” he said, but acknowledged that regardless, his children will grow up with others. A different childhood than the one he had.
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“Yes, it's different,” he told THR. “When I was a kid, I used to put up with it, go out of the house and come back at sunset, which I can't even imagine now.”
Reynolds also addressed the recent news that he will be taking a break from filming.
“I'm still working in the sense that I'm writing, whether in a Boy Band or something else I can't talk about yet. I don't have the 'idle hands are the devil's plaything' problem. “If I'm not working, I'm not constantly craving it. Boredom is an undervalued asset these days too. We as a society entertain ourselves to death 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The best ideas I've ever had have always been born out of boredom, where your mind is allowed to wander and get into this kind of stasis of being and not doing.
