Cobie Smulders on Raising Kids With Husband Taran Killam (EXCLUSIVE)

Publish date: 2024-05-18

Marvel actress Cobie Smulders spoke exclusively with 'Distractify' about raising kids with husband and 'Saturday Night Live' alum, Taran Killam.

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The mom of 2 — who partnered with Colgate Smile Fund to lend a hand assist within the development of social-emotional coaching sources for kids — spoke completely with Distractify about raising her own daughters, Shaelyn, 13, and Janita, 7, with husband Taran Killam, and the way the pair navigate building emotional resilience inside their very own circle of relatives.

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Cobie Smulders spread out about raising kids with husband Taran Killam.

Getting non-public, Cobie informed us that she and her husband assist foster optimism and emotional resilience inside of their very own circle of relatives via having "discussions" with their ladies.

"I think it's like being present for your kids to have those conversations. And luckily ... my kids want to have conversations ... that are sensitive, that make them feel insecure," she stated.

The MCU actress cited her own early life as a time when if she used to be going through one thing, she needed to "get over it."

"I didn't really discuss what was going on inside of my mind or my heart with anybody in my family," she said. "And so I always hope to, I hope it continues this way [with my own kids]. Who knows. But we make ourselves available for those difficult conversations and provide a safe haven for them to come to when they're in need. So I hope that continues."

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One factor that the actress and her Saturday Night Live alum husband are controlling for "as long as possible" is access to social media.

"My kids don't have phones. So that's pretty key. I don't know what age they will be when they have phones, but I'm trying to push it as long as possible," she mentioned. "But they're not on social media, which I think the later the better."

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While Cobie famous that social media may also be glorious on the subject of finding out about protests, worldwide information, and get admission to to wisdom and knowledge, it can also be "overwhelming." She noted that social media can also be used as a "tool of comparison."

"I think that can you can fall into a trap and that when you do it when you use it like that," she said. "Even myself, I'm like, 'I quit Instagram,' you know, and so I try to minimize usage as much as possible, but it's certainly addictive."

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Cobie Smulders says her husband knows Marvel secrets and techniques "because we share a bedroom."

Like most MCU stars, Cobie may just no longer say an excessive amount of about her upcoming position in Marvel's limited sequence Secret Invasion. With plot issues which are positive to link to long run films and characters, we could not lend a hand but ask who in her inside circle is aware of this information.

"I mean my husband knows all because we share a bedroom," she laughed. "And my kids, like, they know a little bit but ... they're not like sneaking out inside scoop."

While Cobie's instant family might ask her for Kevin Feige's grasp plan, the How I Met Your Mother celebrity famous that the cinematic universe has develop into so giant that "it's even hard for somebody in these films to keep track."

Well, with countless characters, motion pictures, and restricted collection, we indubitably perceive why.

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