Hugh Grant Not Against Fatherhood
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HUGH Grant isn’t against the idea of fatherhood — but the star admits he probably wouldn’t cope without the help of nannies.
The British actor thinks he’d be a good dad after spending so much time with the children of friends and family members has made him realise he could be a good dad.
“Ten years ago, I wouldn’t have thought about having children at all,” Grant, 49, told Parade magazine.
“But now I have so many nephews and nieces and cousins and godchildren, I like the thought. But that’s on the basis that I can leave after 10 minutes. I don’t know what it would be like 24 hours a day. I think I’d have a lot of nannies.
“I find I’m not as bad with children as I used to be. I see a lot of children over-parented now, by my standards. Over-adored, over-spoiled. I quite like the children left alone to get on with it.
“If you have a smothering parent, the effect it can apparently have on a child is to give them, in equal doses, a sense of too much self-esteem, because they are mummy’s little princess or prince, and low self-esteem.
“It affects future relationships. You want to repeat this smothering thing, and you are very adept at bringing people in to love you, love you, and as soon as they get close enough, you push them away. Then you bring them back and push them away again. You can go on torturing people like that for ages.”
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