Los Angeles:
Actress Jessica Alba felt like she was being 'judged' when she first
became a mother, and she hopes women stop doing that to each other.
Jessica Alba. Pic/Santa Banta
The 34-year-old, who has daughters Honor, 7, and Haven, 3, with
husband Cash Warren, says she was worried about the opinions of other
mothers when she gave birth to her eldest child, reports
femalefirst.co.uk.
"Doesn't it feel like the mean girl thing from high school sort of
just transforms into adulthood through motherhood? I think it has to do
with hormones, right?
"And then your hormones go crazy again when you're pregnant and
having a baby - and even when you're breastfeeding. And I feel like
maybe it's just all those hormones, and people don't know where to put
their energy, so they just start clashing," Alba told Yahoo! Parenting.
While Alba had a bad experience in the past, she refuses to let other new mothers feel the same way.
She said: "Now I'm one of those moms that gives you too much advice
that you may or may not want. I think the biggest thing is that what
works for you, or what works for your friend, isn't going to work for
everyone. There is no right or wrong.
"I have two very different girls. The way that I parent one is
different than the way that I parent the other. There's no cookie-cutter
way of going about it. I think we as women - and as moms - need to show
younger girls that we support each other no matter what and to try and
not be so judgmental."
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