Kate Hudson on co-parenting with three different fathers

Co-parenting can be the biggest challenge in life, and Kate Hudson does it with three different dads. The actor recently opened up in the midst of the pandemic and the ever-constant balance between work and parenting about what it looks like for her, and it is certainly not easy.

For Kate, getting parenting and co-parenting right is the top priority. “The only expectations I really have that are very high in my life are with my kids,” she said. ‘And with similar family goods. Other than that, it’s like I just let it go. I work my ass off and then I walk away and I hope for the best. ”

Co-parenting is so important to Kate, in part because she did not ‘know’ her own father, the musician Bill Hudson. (She was raised by her mother Goldie Hawn and her mother’s longtime partner Kurt Russell.) “I think alienation is unfortunately fairly common,” she said. ‘I think it’s important that people talk about it. If they can not reconnect or if it is too challenging, it’s OK, right? ‘

“I have a beautiful mother. “I have a stepfather who stepped in and played a big role in sharing what it is like to have a trusted father figure in our lives,” she said. “But that does not take away from the fact that we did not know our father.”

“I think as I go through the process … I look at my father and I’m like, ‘You know, love has never been anywhere. It has always been there, no matter what those complications were. ”

I want to be, like, ‘Yeah, it’s so wonderful and we’re finding out,’ but the reality is that there are days that are wonderful and that there are days that I have to remind myself to be grateful. “

Kate’s working these days to balance it all out – and sometimes, yes, that includes going to the bathroom, just for a while.

“I never thought in a million years that I would spend a year in one place,” Kate explained. “If you have so many children, you sometimes have the moments where you hide in your bathroom: ‘Please, get me out of here!’

But then she puts everything in perspective: “I just remind myself there are a lot of people out there who have lost their loved ones, and we just need to stay in a little bit.”

By taking Kate’s advice and staying home – and wearing a mask and taking social distances when we go out – we can all save lives.