My mother had made it her job to protect me, and while I did have a sense of always being tended to, loved and watched over (which can feel really nice as a kid), she also did me a disservice, because for so long I had no clue about how to actually protect myself or live on my own.
I wanted my own daughters to be free of those feelings As a kid, I was constantly burdened by obligations – whether to my mother, societal pressure, the demands of the movie industry or even the public's expectations of who I was supposed to be.
I wanted to protect my kids from living with feelings of instability, uncertainty or fear'] And I was in New Jersey, only one state away from my mum.
I also made my mother drive out every Wednesday to take me out to dinner.
I wanted something different for my two daughters, and I tried to arm them with the ability to trust their instincts, keep their wits about them and be prepared, self-assured and self-protective.
