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Hollywood actress, Geena Davis, says that she is “really grateful” that she waited until her late 40s to have children because she would be more evolved the later she waited and would be a wiser woman. Davis, 66, recently spoke to the “Loose Women” podcast where she commented about her choice to wait to have children where she said, \u201cI wanted to wait, hoping that I could still have kids, but I thought I\u2019ll be more evolved the later \u2026 the longer that I wait, because I did have a sense that I wasn\u2019t; that I didn\u2019t have a lot of self-esteem, I guess is what you\u2019d call it, but I was really determined that my kids would have self-esteem.\u201d<\/p>\n

The “Commander in Chief” star has three children, 20-year-old daughter, Alizeh, who she had when she was 46 years old and 18-year-old twins, Kaiis and Kian, who she had when she was 48 years old. She shares her children with ex-boyfriend, Reza Jarrahy, who is a plastic surgeon in his 50s.<\/p>\n

She also spoke about how she empowers her children by “modelling” behaviors that she hopes they will learn, something she says she learned from her parents. “I picked up more from the way my parents modeled their behavior than telling me how to be,” she said.<\/p>\n

Davis has always spoken out about her joys of waiting to be a mother in her 40s. In 2006, Davis spoke with Good Housekeeping where she opened up about why she didn’t want to have children sooner. \u201cIf I\u2019d had kids earlier, I could easily have become one of those mothers who over involve themselves and try to live life through their kids,\u201d the Beetlejuice star said. \u201cI\u2019m sure there are younger people who have figured things out long before I did, but in my case, I became a parent with exactly the right person, at exactly the right time.\u201d In 2020, she told The Guardian, \u201cI always felt lucky that I had my kids late, because I just feel like I changed so much,\u201d she said. \u201cI always knew I wanted kids, but what I was doing waiting that long, I don\u2019t know. I never tried before, in other words. But it\u2019s been great. And twins are fun!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hollywood actress, Geena Davis, says that she is “really grateful” that she waited until her late 40s to have children because she would be more evolved the later she waited and would be a wiser woman. 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