Ryan Gosling’s partner Eva Mendes reflects on ‘hard time getting through’ parenting

Actress Eva Mendes opens up about the challenges of parenting and how she struggles with yelling, despite not wanting to raise her children through fear like she experienced growing up. She reflects on her own upbringing in a chaotic household with a lot of yelling and anxiety, and hopes to break that cycle with her own children. Mendes gets emotional discussing the impact of fear-based parenting and expresses her desire to create a loving and supportive environment for her kids. She acknowledges the influence of her own mother on her parenting style and admits to seeing similarities between herself and her mother, despite initially wanting to be different.