Eva Mendes reveals ‘extreme’ reason her and Ryan Gosling’s daughters are forbidden from using smartphones


Eva Mendes reveals ‘extreme’ reason her and Ryan Gosling’s daughters are forbidden from using smartphones

By Sabrina Picou Published Oct. 20, 2024, 8:13 p.m. ET Eva Mendes runs a tight ship at her home. The “Hitch” star — who shares daughters Esmeralda, 10, and Amada, 8, with Ryan Gosling — discussed her parenting style and household rules in an interview with the Sunday Times published Thursday. Mendes, 50, revealed she doesn’t allow her children, who are home-schooled, to use smartphones or social media. “Putting my kid on the internet and being like, ‘Oh, search something,’ that to me is equivalent to telling her, ‘Oh, just go down the street in the middle of the night. You’ll be fine,'” she said. “I know that sounds extreme, but that’s what I feel,” she added. The “Desi, Mami, and the Never-Ending Worries” author also shared how she tries to give her kids perspective on their privileged upbringing. “I explain to them what I didn’t have, what Ryan didn’t have when he was little, how hard we had to fight, the dark days of being paycheck to paycheck, and this and that, but they’ll never really know unless they experience that,” Mendes explained.