 Every divorced parent has to figure out how to share custody of the kids on the holidays. Reese Witherspoon also faces this dilemma, but has to do it in the limelight as a big Hollywood star. So how does Reese cope with holidays split between two families?
“I think the most important thing is to be a grownup,” said Reese in a recent interview, “and not let any kind of feelings affect how you deal with your children.”
Reese divorced husband Ryan Phillipe in June 2008, and now shares custody of her two young kids Ava, 9, and Deacon, 5. Reese’s best advice for divorced parents is to have “a lot of communication” and to practice “just being very open,” according to People.com.
"I'm very lucky in that we raise our kids to just be happy," said the actress, 32, at the Beverly Hills promotion of her film Four Christmases on Sunday. "I think the most important thing is the children. What do they want, what makes them feel comfortable?"
After going through a public Hollywood divorce, could Reese every get married again?
"I don't know," she said on People.com. "I don't think about it much."
“I [had] a certain idea what I thought marriage gives," said Witherspoon. But "sometimes it doesn't work out that way so you have to be open to whatever comes your way in life. … Love and relationships take all kinds of shapes and it's not necessarily the ones you recognize."
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