Camila Alves McConaughey reflects on raising her family in Texas: ‘It really embodies our belief system’

Camila Alves McConaughey is the wife of actor Matthew McConaughey. She recently wrote her first children's book titled "Just Try One Bite."

"We lived in Malibu for many years and having the paparazzi outside our door every day - every single day - when that becomes your normal, you don’t realize how much that’s actually affecting the things you do until you actually leave and get out of it," she continued. "The kids get to have a private way of growing up. So from that perspective, it was very important."Her mother-in-law, Kay, recently moved in during the coronavirus pandemic."We joke about this all the time," Alves McConaughey chuckled. "Before she was living with us, she had a different perspective on what kind of advice she would give us. Now that she’s living with us, she gives a completely different perspective. She’s softer.""I think once you become a grandparent, you become more forgiving in situations," said Alves McConaughey about the 90-year-old matriarch. "Sometimes I’ll be disciplining the kids or having a more stern conversation with them, and I can tell she has that face like, she doesn’t feel good about it. Like, ‘Do you need to do that?’ But, she’s been a great influence in not only our kids' lives but our lives. She brings so much joy to our household."