Raising children while having a public past can make for some difficult conversations, butDenise Richardswants to always be honest with her daughters.
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hillsstar sat down withDean McDermott, Nicky Paris and Adam Hunterfor Wednesday’s episodeof their newDaddy Issuespodcast, where she candidly opened up about the time her children found out about the nude photo shoot she did in 2004, months after giving birth to daughterSam, now 15.
“I’m honest with them,” Richards, 48, told the hosts. “They heard that I was inPlayboy.I didn’t even think that they would know what that is … [but] now kids can go on the internet and see all kinds of things.”
“So having to explain that kind of stuff … but they don’t google [me],” she added. “I don’t think they want to know certain things, either, so they’ve heard bits and pieces.”
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Richards — also mom toEloise Joni, 8, andLola Rose, 14 — admitted on the podcast that if she could go back and change one thing about her parenting, she would not give her daughters smartphones.
“I think the biggest mistake I made as a parent was giving my kids a phone that was not a flip phone,” the mother of three joked, explaining that she gave themthe devices at a young age to keep in touchwhile she was at work or they went on play dates.
“It isso hard to control the interneton the phone,” Richards lamented. “Even putting things on there to block it, it doesn’t work, they’re smarter than us. So if I could go back and do anything over, I would definitely not give them a phone where they have access to social media and the internet.”
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Speaking with PEOPLE’sCeleb Parents Get Realin July, Richards said that her girls would call her a strict mom. She previously even admitted that she hadinstalled security camerasoutside her home to prevent Sam from going out without her permission.
However, theDrop Dead Gorgeousactress tries to not be a judgmental parent, and hopes she canraise her children to be open-mindedas well.
“I definitely have rules and boundaries and there’s consequences,” Richards told PEOPLE, insisting that she doesn’t just let her daughters “do whatever they want.”
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The Bold and the Beautifulstar went on to say that when it comes to guiding her kids, she tries “to follow a lot of the stuff that my parents instilled in me and my sister.”
“They are not judgmental people,” she said, explaining that they raised her to understand that “everyone is equal” — “something that’s really stuck with me and something that I really want to instill in my daughters.”
Richards previously revealed that her new husbandAaron Phyperswasadopting her youngest daughter Eloise. The actress shares her two older children with ex-husbandCharlie Sheen.
source: people.com
