Hilary Duff discusses 'power' of accessing emotions as she releases her second children's book 'My Sweet Little Boy'
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: Actress Hilary Duff has recently released her second children's book 'My Sweet Little Boy' which focuses on younger boys as compared to her first one about girls.
While discussing her book on 'CBS Mornings', Duff revealed that a significant part of her book was to validate the emotions of boys, which are often overlooked because of their gender.
Hilary Duff on the importance of emotions for boys
The actress was asked by host Tony Dokoupil about particularly addressing the young readers to allow themselves to feel emotions and why was it important for her to include that.
"Gosh, because I think there's so much power in that, being able to access your emotions," Duff replied, "And I know, with my journey with him, it's like with boys 'C'mon! Be tough! Get up! You're okay. You're okay'. That was like something I've constantly heard and I'm like 'Maybe he's not okay right now.'"
She continued to add, "Who am I to say that he should be okay or to tell him that in that moment when he's not? And he's going to learn how to keep himself in control when he's older but right now, why are we going to try to squash and bury it when-"
Host Nate Burleson then added, "Or put a lid on it."
Duff agreed and said, "Put a lid on it, right? Sometimes I want them to put a lid on it. But all the time, I want him to feel the power of his whole self."
Hilary Duff found it difficult to write book for boys
The actress also noted that it was much more difficult for her to write this book as compared to the one she wrote for girls called 'My Little Brave Girl'.
"Writing a boy back to follow by girl book felt like a natural thing to do, a natural step to take," Duff said, "It was actually a little bit backwards because I had my boy first. He's 11."
She also added, "This one was a little tougher because I felt like I was going backwards so many years in remembering what my first experiences with motherhood was like and having this little boy and what was important for me to try to teach him and instill along the way."
