Sarah Jessica Parker claims being a parent feels like she’s an "old fashioned secretary".
The ‘Sex and the City’ actress – who has son James, 15, and eight-year-old twin daughters Tabitha and Loretta with husband Matthew Broderick – finds raising her kids "painful and exhilarating" and mainly involved organising a number of different schedules.
She said: "You’re in a constant state of worrying about your children … It’s very painful and it’s exhilarating. It’s a really interesting way of living in the world. I read books differently, or I look at parents and children on the subway differently. I hear music differently or when I see something, I think, ‘I wish Tabitha and Loretta were with me now and they could see this.’ That’s the good part.
"It’s not for everybody–there’s a lot that’s really hard. It’s exhausting and you’re basically just cleaning up after people all day. You’re one big, good, old-fashioned secretary.
"All I do is organise peoples’ lives and get them here and there and all that. It’s what I wanted and with that, though, comes witnessing somebody hopefully develop into a really interesting, decent person who contributes something."
The 52-year-old actress spends a lot of time apart from her 57-year-old spouse because of their work commitments, but she thinks that has made thir marriage stronger.
She told Girlboss Radio: "We have lives that allow us to be away and come back together. His work life takes him here, and mine takes me there. In some ways, I think that that’s been enormously beneficial because we have so much to share in a way …
"Relationships are hard. I always felt that I wanted to invest more. I love him and I think he’s brilliant. I’m sure I annoy him. He annoys me sometimes. I’m enormously proud of the person he is."
Sarah Jessica Parker is family secretary
