Sarah Jessica Parker Shares the Parenting Secret She Got From Dolly Parton

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It’s one thing to be famous, but it’s another thing entirely to be the child of someone famous. Take Sex and The City’s Sarah Jessica Parker, for example, known to most as sex columnist Carrie Bradshaw. In real life, SJP has three kids (which would shock her character who doesn’t have any children with husband Big as far as we know), that grew up in the spotlight. Her 16-year-old son, James, was born around the time the last series premiered, while her 10-year-old twins, Marion and Tabitha, were born via surrogate after the first SATC movie hit the big screen. Now, in an interview this week with Australian model Rebecca Judd’s KIIS FM radio show, Parker talks about how she keeps her children humble despite their privileged upbringing.

“Parents who aren’t well known can have children who aren’t grounded because of the example set in their home,” she told Judd, highlighting the importance of teaching children upstanding values no matter who they are or where they live. There’s one person, though, who lends credence to her family’s strong moral compass: Country singer Dolly Parton. Who would have thought?

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Parton, who came from humble beginnings, vowed to only “give her family what they need rather than what they want.” Taking this wise advice, Parker adds her own ideology to these words to live by. “I will do my best to make sure you always have what you need, but I want you pining towards something,” she says on air. “I want you to work for something, to dream of it, to will it to happen.” Like most parents (famous or not), it’s evident that Parker believes in not spoiling children and encouraging them to be ambitious and goal-oriented.

Even though Carrie and Big never had a child of their own, we know they’d make great parents if they too followed Dolly’s parenting advice. “I mean Carrie was a very good and loyal friend and I imagine she’d be as devoted to a child as she would be to her friendships and I think she’d be thrilled to introduce any child to New York City and all of its promise,” Parker told InStyle last month.

We couldn’t help but wonder what it would be like for SATC to come out with a third movie confirming whether or not Carrie had kids with Big. For now, at least, we could look towards SJP’s real-life navigating New York with a teenager and pre-teens in tow.

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