These 5 celebrities don’t want their kids to be raised by a nanny – they aren’t interested in letting other people do the hard parts when it comes to raising their own children and they describe themselves as “hands-on” when it comes to parenting. Always putting their children’s needs before their own, they try their best to spend as much time as possible with their off-spring, and are eager to teach them the ways of the world through their own parenting. Some feel happiest when they’re playing with their kids or get to spend time with them, while others are trying to make up for the mistakes their distant parents made by taking a bigger interest in their children’s lives.
Catherine Zeta Jones
Catherine and husband Michael Douglas don’t want to have to use a nanny to raise their kids: “Dylan loves his crib, but if he wants to sleep in Mummy and Daddy’s bed, that’s what he does. We’re very hands-on parents. I wasn’t brought up with nannies, so that’s one thing that’s different there. But the children aren’t pawned off on the nanny.”
Tom Cruise
Tom wants to be with his children to make up for his own father’s mistakes in the past: “I’m a great parent. I want to be with my kids, and they get to do all the stuff that I wanted to do when I was growing up. My own father wasn’t there much for me and I want to be a different dad to my kids. My family is the most important thing in my life.”
Ryan Phillippe
Ryan, who split from Reese Witherspoon with whom he has two children, says that they both take a hands-on approach and he’s proud of the results even if they are no longer together as a couple:”I imagine it would have been more difficult if we weren’t as hands-on as we were or allowed them to be raised by nannies – I think then they would become assholes. But you’re constantly educating them – we have two incredible little people that we’ve raised. I’m proud of us for that fact.”
Orlando Bloom
Orlando doesn’t want to spend any time away from his young son Flynn: “I just don’t want to be away from him – at all. We are trying to schedule our lives so that, when I’m working, Flynn and Miranda can be with me. And if she’s working I can be with them. Being a hands-on parent is important to me. Time with my son has pretty much gazumped everything else that makes me happy. We’ll be going to New Zealand soon for ‘The Hobbit’ and they’ll all come with me.”
Denise Richards
Denise always puts her daughters first and tries to put balance into their lives: “I’m definitely a hands-on mom. For me it’s about priorities, and my girls always come first. I look at it as having a harmonious house more than balancing – it’s never quite balanced! I have a rule – I won’t introduce my girls to anyone I’m dating unless it’s very serious.”
