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Denise Richards' reality show might be called "It's Complicated," but her attitude about protecting her children isn't.
"As a parent now, it's harder to keep tabs on our children, but I will be vigilant," she tells momlogic. It's a parenting style she picked up from her dad. "When we were teenagers, he used to tap our phone," she says. "He worked for the phone company, so he had all the equipment." Although her dad always seemed to be one step ahead of what she and her sister were up to, the actress and ex-wife of actor Charlie Sheen says "We weren't doing drugs -- I wasn't even sexually active."
Richards has no plans to keep such sneaky tabs on her daughters -- Sam, 5, and Lola, 4 -- anytime soon. "They pretty much think boys are yucky," she explains.
Her girls' aversion to boys might be typical, but their lives certainly are not. Currently, they'll be appearing on the second season of their mom's VH1 show. With so much attention now being focused on the possible abuse of child labor laws by TLC's "Jon & Kate Plus Eight," Richards deals with her share of criticism for allowing her girls to appear on TV. "Everyone is so judgmental when it comes to raising kids: if you breastfeed or not, feed them only organic foods.... The bottom line is, I'm not exploiting my children," she says.
Richards points out that her daughters get very little screen time. "They're on for about a minute here and there," she explains. "The show isn't about them." If anything, she says, there's a huge plus to being on a reality show: "I get to incorporate them into the show -- which means I can take them to school as part of my job. How many single working moms can say that?"
Would you let your children play a role in a reality show?
LINK: http://www.momlogic.com/2009/06/denise_richards_momlogic_exclusive.php
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