Gwyneth Paltrow runs a tight ship at home. When she's not busy cooking up a meal of water, air, and quinoa shavings, she's making sure her kids get the most out of their day. Gwyn sat down with InStyle and talked about what it's like being a busy mom and raising daughter Apple, 8, and son Moses, 6, and revealed that, like most parents, she totally lets her kids watch TV.
The only difference is that when Gwyneth lets her kids watch TV, they're only allowed to watch shows or cartoons in Spanish or French, no English. Lo siento, mis hijos! Je suis désolé, mes enfants!
She's such a cold-hearted bitch.
Who doesn't let their 6- and their 8-year-old enjoy TV in their native language?
A bitch, but also a thoughtful genius, that's who.
Gwyneth's kids might think she's a total meanie, but the no-English TV rule is really for their own good. These kids travel a ton for Mommy's and Daddy's careers, they're constantly exposed to foreign languages, probably have some pretty stellar tutors, and if they wanna watch TV, fine, but Gwyn's going to make sure they're going to get something out of it. Maybe learn the French word for "elf" or the Spanish word for "honey." And if they don't want to watch in Spanish or French, no prob, I'm sure she points to a stack of books in English that they can entertain themselves with.
Most of us like to give Gwyneth a hard time because of her draconian diet and her Goopy emails that remind us not only that we're broke and can never afford to spend $90 on a plain white t-shirt, but that we're somehow assholes if we don't do two hours of yoga a day, mist our faces with the dew from Nepalese mountains, and wrap our babies in raw organic silk harvested by a group hard-working mothers supported by micro-finance investors and fair-trade organizers.
But this non-native-language-TV-rule, I can't fault her for that -- she's just trying to make her kids better, well-rounded people. I'm sure it's not an easy rule to enforce, I bet even Gwyn can be worn down by a 6-year-old's cries for The Sword in the Stone IN ENGLISH MOMMY, PLEASE! but she's got their education, their well-roundedness, and their future in mind. She's made a brave, if not bold choice, and I gotta salute her decision.
Even if it is a little "mean."
What do you think of Gwyneth's rule?
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I don't know, have you seen the crap that is on American TV for children? Nick Jr. isn't too bad, but a lot of it is mindless junk. She may have a great idea. My son for some reason loves to change his DVDs to French or Spanish and watch them that way. He gets mad if I try to change it back to English so I can understand it. lol Whatever works for her, let it be. And I think Apple is a sweet name.
There are plenty of quality programs in english, being in another language does not make them better.
There is nothing wrong with what Gwyneth is doing.
I don't know, is she turning on the subtitles so they can read the dialog in English? Or is she just telling her kids that the shows have to be in another language? Either way, not something I did with my kids, but her kids aren't mine.
Another thing, why do people make such a huge deal out of her kid's names? How is naming your son "Moses" any different than naming them "Joshua, Matthew, James, Eli, Benjamin, David, Adam, etc" or any other Biblical name? And "Apple"? Please explain how it's different than "Rose, Lily, Opal, Autumn, etc" or any other nature inspired name? Just because there are not 10,000,000 other little kids running around the globe with the same name? Or is it just because women love to find anything wrong with her because she is a beautiful, rich, talented, successful, smart, family oriented woman?
I think she's a bitch. If she doesn't want her children to watch tv, she shouldn't let them. Or even better, she should throw away her tv. Telling your kids to watch tv in a language they don't understand is like allowing them to buy any type of clothing they want (even if she hates their choices) but making sure everything's two sizes too small so they can't wear anything. She is a controlling hypocrite. If she wants her children to learn French or Spanish, she can get a tutor!!! Not every mom can do that, but she has the money to pay 10 tutors if she wants to.
Btw, "Apple" is a fruit. It's like naming your kid "Pineapple" or "Grapefruit". If she wanted a rare name, she could have chosen Celestina, Alcmene, Carys, Henrietta, Adalinda, or another uncommon but pretty name. And these names actually have nice and/or interesting meanings instead of "apple".