Nicole Richie is seen here as she attends her court mandated Traffic School in Van Nuys. The traffic school is a part of her probation agreement after having been arrested for a DUI last year. Last year Nicole spent a total of 80 minutes in jail for being caught driving the wrong way down a Los Angeles freeway as a result of some impaired choices she made while driving.

While at first the hippy starlet was slammed for being so reckless, as well as for acting so flip about trying to get out of her charges, it seems that Nicole has finally grown up a little bit about her mistake, and all because she’s a mom now. She is publicly saying now that she will never forgive herself for her DUI conviction, as well as for acting so cavalier about the charges and trying to get out of them.

At this point, she has finally realized how terrifying her decisions could have been and that she may have actually killed someone. All of this hindsight is the result of watching some news with her baby daddy Joel Madden, where they saw a series on drunk drivers and were shown hideous pictures of children being seriously injured or killed by drunk drivers.

She describes it as her first ‘real parent moment’ and when she saw that, she felt like the worst person in the world. She has since vowed never to play chicken with the law again, and she wants to set a positive example to her five month old daughter Harlow.

“There’s absolutely no way I will do anything like that again. I never took life seriously before. I’m in a completely different place now. I owe my baby my life. I have a responsibility now. I have to really be someone I want my child to look up to. I think it’s important for every child to look up to their parent. I want to show her the right path.”

It’s great to see the maturity of celebrities when they normally have the stereotype that they just don’t care about these issues. Let’s hope some of that maturity will rub off on her BFF Paris. What do you think the chances are?

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Nicole’s work will be produced through a company known as Mouawad, which is a great start. Mouawad is the same production company that showcases Heidi Klum’s collection. Nicole is working right now with artist Shelley Gibbs, who will be the sketch genius behind Nicole’s ideas.

But it won’t be just the bling that Nicole will bring out. She’s got her mind on some baby and children’s clothing, in the future, and a possible fragrance in the pipeline. Not surprising with the new mom status under her belt. Daddy dearest is proud of Harlow’s mommy, saying she’s actually being modest about it all.

Well, time will tell. I’m excited to see what she brings out. As she has matured into mommy and fashion icon, there has been little I’ve complained about, so it will be fun to see where this goes.

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Okay, you can’t actually see her, but she’s in there. Nicole Richie and Joel Madden take baby Harlow on her first paparazzi outing. The first of many, Im sure.

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A couple more photos of Nicole Richie, Joel Madden and their baby Harlow. Quite cute. And here’s what the couple said when asked if they get any help with the baby:

Joel: We don’t have a nanny. We have our moms. They’ve helped us a lot.

Nicole: And we have to give credit to Benji [Joel’s twins brother]. He lives six houses down. He babysits, like really babysits.

Joel: There was a day when I’d been at work all day and Nicole hadn’t left the house for 48 hours, and I was like, “Let’s go to a restaurant down the street,” and Benji was with the baby. Then someone said they read somewhere we were out all the time. It’s crazy. You leave the house for one hour and eveyone’s like, “She’s out! She’s leaving the baby!”

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