London:
Actress Cate Blanchett has said she prefers to behave more like a mother than as a friend to her children in order to maintain discipline.
The Aviator star and her husband, playwright Andrew Upton, believe being strict with sons Dashiell, nine, Roman, seven, and Ignatius, three, and that teaching them boundaries is more important than being their friend, reported Daily Mail online.
The 41-year-old actress said that she doesn't worry about her children liking her.
"I don't enjoy being the bad cop but sometimes I have to be. My husband and I worry about our generation trying to be friends with their children rather than parents of their children. If you're going to try and make your children like you, you're in dangerous waters I think," she said.
Although Blanchett can be strict with her children she understands how important it is to listen to them and hopes they will be able to talk to her as they grow older. "I think I'm pretty loving, but what I do know is thatyou have to let them talk and you have to listen. I hope that when they're 15, they're still talking as freely to us as now," she said.
Blanchett always puts her children before her career, saying that she almost turned down playing a CIA agent inHanna alongside Eric Bana and Saoirse Ronan because she worried she would be away from her family for too long - but eventually accepted the part when filming was reduced from eight weeks to 22 days.
Actress Cate Blanchett has said she prefers to behave more like a mother than as a friend to her children in order to maintain discipline.
The Aviator star and her husband, playwright Andrew Upton, believe being strict with sons Dashiell, nine, Roman, seven, and Ignatius, three, and that teaching them boundaries is more important than being their friend, reported Daily Mail online.
The 41-year-old actress said that she doesn't worry about her children liking her.
"I don't enjoy being the bad cop but sometimes I have to be. My husband and I worry about our generation trying to be friends with their children rather than parents of their children. If you're going to try and make your children like you, you're in dangerous waters I think," she said.
Although Blanchett can be strict with her children she understands how important it is to listen to them and hopes they will be able to talk to her as they grow older. "I think I'm pretty loving, but what I do know is thatyou have to let them talk and you have to listen. I hope that when they're 15, they're still talking as freely to us as now," she said.
Blanchett always puts her children before her career, saying that she almost turned down playing a CIA agent inHanna alongside Eric Bana and Saoirse Ronan because she worried she would be away from her family for too long - but eventually accepted the part when filming was reduced from eight weeks to 22 days.
