{"id":17054,"date":"2024-03-26T10:40:53","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T14:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/?p=17054"},"modified":"2024-04-18T11:21:27","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T15:21:27","slug":"expert-says-celebrity-kids-are-thriving-after-moving-away-from-hollywood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/2024\/03\/expert-says-celebrity-kids-are-thriving-after-moving-away-from-hollywood.html","title":{"rendered":"Expert Says Celebrity Kids Are Thriving After Moving Away From Hollywood"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“Barbie” star Ryan Gosling and his partner, Eva Mendes, join several other A-listers in their departure from Los Angeles. The couple reportedly decided to move their two daughters “a bit further north” from Hollywood. They share two daughters: Esmerelda and Amada. A source told People Magazine<\/em>, “For them, the most important job is their girls. Everything else comes second. And their girls are thriving. They left L.A. to live a bit further north, away from Hollywood. They didn’t want the girls to grow up around other celebrity kids.”<\/p>\n

The source continued, “Eva and Ryan love their life. It’s admirable how they’ve been able to create balance and boundaries. They care so much about their marriage and just want their girls to live a happy life.” Licensed clinical psychologist Michelle Solomon told Fox News Digital that a possible reason stars like Ryan and Eva are opting to raise their kids away from Hollywood is because a “more public lifestyle can have a significant impact on identity development.”<\/p>\n

Solomon added, “In today’s culture, more kids desire to have online popularity and be in the space of social media influencing,” Solomon added. “One could assume being in Hollywood would exacerbate this phenomenon. Most social media platforms are visually driven, which we know from almost all current research, facilitates negative social comparison, increases pressure to be perfect, and imposes metrics on its users (i.e., number of followers, likes, and comments). We know online life can lead to anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem.” However, Gosling and Mendes aren’t the only celebs who left Hollywood for their family’s sake.<\/p>\n

Mark Wahlberg has said\u00a0his family is “happy”\u00a0since leaving Los Angeles for Las Vegas. “Everybody’s adapted nicely,” the actor told People Magazine <\/em>of his family \u2013 which includes his wife, Rhea Durham and their four children: Ella, Michael, Brendan, and Grace. In an interview with Fox News Digital in March 2023, Wahlberg noted that “it’s really giving the kids a chance to thrive.” He continued, “It just has the best of both worlds. I know a lot of people, when they think Las Vegas, they think the Strip. But just about 15, 20 minutes away, there’s a whole lot of other amazing areas that are all about family and community.” The Boston native told Fox News Digital the move was “really about\u00a0giving the kids an opportunity\u00a0to pursue their goals and dreams.”<\/p>\n