Hollywood actress Nicole Kidman says she's a helicopter parent. With two young daughters to watch over, the "Lion" star admits sometimes it's hard for her to let the girls be.
The children — 8-year-old Sunday Rose and 5-year-old Faith Margaret — are Nicole's daughters with husband of more than 10 years Keith Urban. Nicole also has two adopted kids who are in their '20s — Connor and Isabella — with ex-husband Tom Cruise.
"I do have elements of the helicopter parent that I grapple with," Kidman said via a Foxtel magazine interview, Daily Telegraph reports. The actress tries to let her daughters "find their own way" but she admits to struggling with hovering over them as she wants the girls to know their mother is always there.
Sometimes, however, she senses her kids feel it's too much. "That's when they go, 'Please don't burst into tears when I tell you this, Mom," the actress revealed. It's this moment that helps her come to her senses with not becoming a helicopter parent so that her daughters would always open up to her.
It helps that the actress' husband is also a hands-on dad who doesn't have the typical office job. Kidman relates because of Urban's musical roots and the nature of his job, the children pick up on his "gypsy heart" and the love of wandering and adventure.
"He really is the guy who can go, 'Hey, we're going to Antarctica tomorrow', and he'd pack his bags," the actress said, Filmi Beat reports. So they often commute and travel as a family and live out in suitcases and hotels.
Kidman relates her husband describes her as "so maternal," according to Express. She's also the type to look after everyone being the eldest child in her close-knit Australian family.
"But I have had to learn that I can't take care of everybody," Kidman said. Yet as a mother of young girls, she's always on the defensive mode to always protect Sunday and Faith. "It's a primal instinct," Kidman concludes.
