Emma Thompson Picks and Chooses Battles With Her Daughter
Actress Emma Thompson relies on the old parenting advice: Pick your battles, when it comes to her 10-year-old daughter Gaia.
Emma tells The Daily Mail, “With Gaia, I make sure that the boundaries are reasonable. I only fight the battles I really think have to be fought. Some of the battles I will lose on purpose, so that she gets a sense of power over her own existence.”
Emma admits that this philosophy doesn’t always go as she plans. “One of the battles I have let her win is allowing her to have a pair of high heels,” the Nanny McPhee star confesses. “I thought, you know, I am not going to push this. I can’t walk in high heels, but actually I would like her to be able to walk in heels because they look nice. And she loves them. I loved them when I was little. If I had been allowed to have high heels I would have been so happy, but no. So she has a little pair of high heels.”
Emma also has a son, Tindyebwa Agaba, 22, whom she adopted from Rowanda.
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