Reese Witherspoon advocates for tough parenting: 'Let them sit in the discomfort'
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Reese Witherspoon discusses the challenges of parenting and under what circumstances she would tell her children they weren't good at something when they were growing up.
"And my parents didn't say, ‘Uh, she didn't deserve that.' And take me out of school. They actually let me sit in it, and feel uncomfortable. So I think, learning from failure is actually a valuable tool that you can't take away from kids, right? You rob them if you don't let them sit in the discomfort of the experience." Caroline Thayer is an entertainment writer for Fox News Digital. Follow Caroline Thayer on Twitter at @carolinejthayer. Story tips can be sent to caroline.thayer@fox.com.
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Witherspoon, who shares daughter Ava, 24 and son Deacon, 19, with ex-husband Ryan Phillippe, as well as son Tennessee, 11 with ex-husband Jim Toth, admits to being a tough parent.