Charlize Theron is opening up about raising teenagers and she’s not sugarcoating a thing.
The actress recently appeared on the New Heights podcast, where she was asked by host Jason Kelce what parenting looks like now that her daughters are older.
Theron, who adopted Jackson, now 14, in 2012 and her youngest daughter, August, now 11, in 2015, did not hold back.
“They just turn into hormonal nightmares,” she said, laughing. “Like, I’m getting my ass handed to me from the moment that I walk into the house. And all these things are gonna serve them so well in life, but I might not make it.”
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Jason, who is currently raising four young children, listened as Theron laid out what’s coming down the line and made it clear he might want to enjoy this stage while it lasts.
“Nature does this beautiful thing where you think you’re in your worst place right now, so that you can cope with what you have,” she said. “But from where I am, I can tell you that you’re in a lovely place and they’re still lovely and sweet.”
“And then one day, you’re gonna walk into their room around eleven, and they’re gonna just be like, ‘Why did you turn the lights on?!’” she added.
The Oscar winner also spoke about the dynamic between her daughters, admitting their arguments once made her question herself.
“When they fight, I actually got worried,” she said. “I was like, am I not doing the right thing? Like, they’re gonna kill each other because they’re both very, very strong.”
“They’re not wallflowers, and they’re stubborn, and they’re just firecrackers,” she continued. “When they love, they love very hard. But when they fight, I’m like, oh my god. Like, am I gonna go to jail? They won’t stop.”