Sarah Jessica Parker Shares Rare Insight Into Family Life With 3 Kids _ E! News

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00:00 "We cook every night."

00:01 Sarah Jessica Parker details her sweet family traditions in rare comments about her kids.

00:09 The And Just Like That star appears on the July 25th episode of The Table for Two podcast,

00:16 where she talks about her three children with hubby Matthew Broderick.

00:20 The two are parents to 20-year-old son James Wilkie and twin daughters Tabitha Hodge and

00:27 Marion Loretta Elwell, who are 13.

00:31 Turns out a family that cooks together, stays together, at least according to SJP.

00:36 "We cook every night.

00:39 We cook every night.

00:40 It's a source of a huge amount of pride for everybody, but it's also like mystifying because

00:47 we just don't order in as a family and on the rare occasion we have, we always hear

00:54 like other families do it and then one kid orders from this place and one kid orders

00:58 from this place.

00:59 It's so confusing.

01:00 We really do cook five to six nights a week for sure.

01:05 We always have a Sunday dinner.

01:07 We invite people."

01:08 And the Hocus Pocus star also explains what it means to raise kids who have an understanding

01:15 of making a living for themselves.

01:17 "Also you want your children to understand what it means to earn money, what it takes

01:24 to earn money and the value of it and that the expectations will be the same for them."

01:33 Sarah Jessica also shares how her modest upbringing has impacted the way she parents.

01:40 "I think it's a great way of living for children.

01:46 That their needs are met to be fed and safe and loved and the important things in life,

01:52 you know, books and food and interesting experiences and they're warm in the winter and cool in

01:57 the summer.

01:58 But they should pine for things.

02:02 They should want things."

02:03 Back in 2008, in an interview with Parade, the Sex and the City star said the way she

02:08 was raised inspired her work ethic.

02:11 Sharing quote, "I think that if I had been raised a child of privilege, I wouldn't be

02:15 the working person I am today.

02:18 I have a great appreciation for work.

02:20 I think it's incumbent on my husband and me to really stress and to show James Wilkie

02:25 by example what it means to owe your community something and that he is not entitled to the

02:31 benefits of our hard work."

02:33 And she even said that despite being a fashionista, son James' baby clothes were mostly hand-me-downs.

02:40 She revealed, "He only wears hand-me-downs because I've got all these older nephews.

02:45 That's the God's honest truth.

02:46 Plus, my mother saved all my brother's clothes.

02:50 I am not kidding.

02:51 I don't think I've ever bought him any clothes."

02:54 "I think that if I had been raised a child of privilege, I wouldn't be the working person

02:55 I am today.

02:56 I have a great appreciation for work.

02:57 I think it's incumbent on my husband and me to really stress and to show James Wilkie

02:58 by example what it means to owe your community something and that he is not entitled to

02:59 the benefits of our hard work.

03:00 Plus, my mother saved all my brother's clothes.

03:01 I am not kidding.

03:02 I don't think I've ever bought him any clothes."

03:02 "I think it's incumbent on my husband and me to really stress and to show James Wilkie

03:03 by example what it means to owe your community something and that he is not entitled to

03:04 the benefits of our hard work."

03:04 (upbeat music)

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