Cameron Diaz loves being a mom, but she admits she gets stressed out. In an interview on “The Kelly Clarkson Show,” the former actor admitted she’s lost her cool and underscored the importance of open communication with her child.
“You know what’s also really imperative — to repair,” she said. “Like if you do blow up, just to repair that and say, ‘Oh my God, mommy lost her s***’ And, ‘I didn’t mean to say that to you. If I hurt your feelings or if I upset you, I just want you to know that Mommy’s human too.'” Diaz also talked about understanding her daughter’s needs. “Did she eat? Is she tired? What time is it? When was the last time she ate? When did she nap? You just kind of start there, and you go, ‘What just happened? Is there something she’s trying to communicate to me?’ “she added. “And I feel like as a parent, my job is to just help her find the words to her emotions, her experience, what she’s going through and be able to help her identify that and move through it.”
Motherhood can be exhausting, but Dia says she’s grateful for her husband, Good Charlotte frontman Benji Madden, to have her back. “He’s so good. He’s such an amazing father,” she said during an Instagram Live in 2020, viaUs Weekly. “I’m so lucky he’s my baby’s daddy. Like, he’s so incredible.”