If you didn’t get the title, that’s just because you are not a part of the Paltrow family. One of Gwyneth Paltrow’s parenting rules involves not letting her kids watch cartoons in English. At all.
Instead, the kids must watch TV only in French or Spanish. This is a pro parenting tip if you want your kids to speak more than one language. But come on, just let them watch some cartoons in English from time to time!
The Naked Truth
In the 90s, Christina Aguilera was crowned as the voice of a generation, as she was an enormous force in the decade's pop scene. With such a career, it's no surprise that she found a way of making parenting revolutionary.
Aguilera admits that she walks around her house naked. Yes! The singer also has a lot of art featuring nude models on her walls. Her explanation as to why she does that? She believes it will help children grow up with less shame about their own bodies.
Shower Power
If you think of the ultimate queen of bizarre beauty trends, you think of Gwyneth Paltrow. Well, the actress also has a bizarre set of parenting rules, one of them being that a family who showers together, stays together.
She hasn't exactly explained what the benefits are, and while mothers do tend to take baths with their babies, both of Paltrow's children are over the age of five. Has anyone told her about privacy?
Yell and Shout
The lovely Reese Witherspoon rose to fame when she portrayed the iconic Elle Woods on "Legally Blonde," and has since started her own production company. The southern belle doesn't strike us a person who enjoys conflict, but according to her, parents have to yell at their children.
Her reasoning: if you never find yourself losing your temper next to your child, you are just not spending enough time with them. Well, sounds like a fact, when Reese puts it like that.
Divide and Rule
Parenting one child requires grit and resourcefulness but parenting two requires a strategery, according to legend Jon Legend. Legend and his wife Chrissy Teigen went for a simple yet effective method that has been available to parents since the dawn of time.
We call it "You take this one, I'll take the other" and it's a proven method that works. But when do they get to spend time together as a family?