Jennifer Lopez finds being a single parent hard.
The 45-year-old singer-and-actress split from Marc Anthony, the father of her six-year-old twins Max and Emme, in 2011 and admits there are few positive aspects to not having the kids’ dad around all the time.
She said: "In the same way that two people are needed to create a child, is also easier to educate them if there are two.
"When you are a single mum, the only positive thing is that your children are all for you."
The ‘On the Floor’ hitmaker – whose own parents are divorced – admitted the twins sometimes cry because their father isn’t around but she does her best to reassure them it doesn’t mean he doesn’t love them.
She told France’s Gala magazine: "When the twins cry because their father isn’t with them, I always say to them that mine isn’t with me either but that doesn’t stop me feeling his love."
And though she is currently happily single, Jennifer – who has been romantically linked with dancer Maksim Chmerkovskiy and choreographer JR Taylor since splitting from boyfriend Casper Smart in June – says any man she dates in the future must care about her kids.
She said: "In the future, I will be sure that the man who I will be with will worry about Max and Emme’s well being."
The ‘American Idol’ judge credits having a good routine for her ability to juggle her work with raising the twins.
She explained: "I get up at half past six in the morning, and I finish working at about seven o’clock in the evening.
"I stop to cooking dinner for Max and Emme and I take them to bed at nine. Once they’re sleep, I go back to work until I’m tired."
Jennifer Lopez: Single parenthood is hard
