Jessica Alba family on spring break.Photo:Jessica Alba/Instagram
Jessica Alba/Instagram
Jessica Albais getting in some R&R with her family of five.On Wednesday, April 3, the actress, 42, shared a series of photos onInstagramfrom her Hawaii vacation with husbandCash Warrenand their three kids — daughters Honor, 15, and Haven, 12, as well as 6-year-old son Hayes.In one sweet photo, Alba poses with her arms around her two girls, while Warren has an arm around Hayes and stands next to his younger daughter.Alba also included photos of the family’s trips to a waterfall, to see a rainbow and a sweet selfie with daughter Honor. “#SpringBreak🏝️☀️💙👙🌊,” Alba wrote in her caption.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.In January, the mom of three appeared on the cover ofREAL SIMPLE’s first-ever “Feelings Issue” andrecalled how she decided to pursue therapywith her daughter Honor.“Honor was probably 11, and we were arguing all the time about dumb stuff. And I was like, ‘I don’t want to live like this. This is not fun,’ " she shared.“I didn’t want us to have a wedge between us. As her mother, when I say something, she’s going to hear it as an argument or as me trying to control her. I wanted there to be someone who could explain things in a way I couldn’t,” Alba continued.“What I said to Honor was, ‘I want to be a better parent to you, and this is your forum to basically talk about everything that gets on your nerves that I do.'“Alba said it wasn’t long until both she and Honor started to see results from the time they’d put into therapy.“It put me in check. Like, ‘Yeah, I totally do that. And I’m sorry. I’m going to work on that.’ It gave her a little bit of perspective too—that I’m not the bad guy; I’m just being a parent,” the mom shared.“She’ll come out the other side of it, and I’ll still be here. I just wanted to get to that point, and it worked,” she admitted. “And the therapist allowed me to see that it’s natural for kids to disagree with their parents and as a parent, it’s not always about being right or rational in that moment.”
Jessica Albais getting in some R&R with her family of five.
On Wednesday, April 3, the actress, 42, shared a series of photos onInstagramfrom her Hawaii vacation with husbandCash Warrenand their three kids — daughters Honor, 15, and Haven, 12, as well as 6-year-old son Hayes.
In one sweet photo, Alba poses with her arms around her two girls, while Warren has an arm around Hayes and stands next to his younger daughter.
Alba also included photos of the family’s trips to a waterfall, to see a rainbow and a sweet selfie with daughter Honor. “#SpringBreak🏝️☀️💙👙🌊,” Alba wrote in her caption.
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In January, the mom of three appeared on the cover ofREAL SIMPLE’s first-ever “Feelings Issue” andrecalled how she decided to pursue therapywith her daughter Honor.
“Honor was probably 11, and we were arguing all the time about dumb stuff. And I was like, ‘I don’t want to live like this. This is not fun,’ " she shared.
“I didn’t want us to have a wedge between us. As her mother, when I say something, she’s going to hear it as an argument or as me trying to control her. I wanted there to be someone who could explain things in a way I couldn’t,” Alba continued.
“What I said to Honor was, ‘I want to be a better parent to you, and this is your forum to basically talk about everything that gets on your nerves that I do.'”
Alba said it wasn’t long until both she and Honor started to see results from the time they’d put into therapy.
“It put me in check. Like, ‘Yeah, I totally do that. And I’m sorry. I’m going to work on that.’ It gave her a little bit of perspective too—that I’m not the bad guy; I’m just being a parent,” the mom shared.
“She’ll come out the other side of it, and I’ll still be here. I just wanted to get to that point, and it worked,” she admitted. “And the therapist allowed me to see that it’s natural for kids to disagree with their parents and as a parent, it’s not always about being right or rational in that moment.”
source: people.com
