Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr. Have Introduced 100 Rules for Their Kids and Won’t Let Them Use Social Media
Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr. met in 1997 on the set of the teen horror film I Know What You Did Last Summer. They started dating only in 2000. They got married and several years later, Gellar officially changed her name to Sarah Michelle Prinze. Now, they live in Los Angeles with 2 children: 13-year-old Charlotte and 10-year-old Rocky.
The actors hide their kids’ faces from their fans.
Both Sarah and Freddie have popular Instagram pages, where they share photos with millions of subscribers. But you are not likely to see any photos of their kids.
They post photos with Charlotte and Rocky very rarely, and they’re mostly moments from very early childhood. They might also cover the kids’ faces with emoji or take photos of them from the back.
There are a lot of discussions about this in the comments, where some people think that it’s silly to hide their kids from other people, and others think it’s a great idea to protect kids from too much attention.
They don’t let their kids use social media.
Of course, neither Charlotte nor Rocky have pages on Instagram or other social media. Sometimes, as an exception, they are allowed to take their parents’ phones and play with them.
Sarah once said in an interview that many people think that they are strict parents. But she honestly thinks that it’s a smart rule. She said she found that young children being on social media was the equivalent of getting a cartoon tattoo on your face at age five. The tattoo will remain forever, no matter how much you try to get rid of it.
In an interview, the star shared that she had dealt with situations when people would post something in their youth, which would later have a negative effect on their careers and lives. This is what she’s trying to explain to her daughter and might soon have to tell her son, even though he’s not interested in social media right now.
There are 100 rules in the family.
Freddie Prinze Jr. explained that they have 100 rules and do everything not to break them. He says that friends come and go, but family is forever.
For example, they have a tradition of family dinners. They are not allowed to use phones at the table. Sarah would have to tell her daughter to move her plate into the center when she’s eating so that nothing would spill.
And Freddie believes that breakfast is the most important meal, and it shouldn’t be skipped. But the kids are lucky: both of their parents have published recipe books. Freddie wrote “Back to the Kitchen” and Sarah published “Stirring up Fun with Food”.
...but they don’t forget about entertainment.
Even though they have limitations for their kids, they still remember that Charlotte and Rocky, like all kids, love games. This is why they often go out as a family and have fun.
The actress wrote on her page after visiting an amusement park, “Parents, a warning, this is what you will look like if you take your kids to this place. Bring extra suitcases.”
The Prinzes are trying to pay more attention to their kids’ development.
Sarah, Freddie, Charlotte, and Rocky often spend time together playing board games and having costume parties.
The parents also help their kids with school crafts. For example, Freddie published a photo of a home-made model of the solar system and wrote, “We’re building galaxies over here!” With the #projectswiththekids hashtag you can use to find lots of other things parents all over the world made with their kids.
The parents want to be good role models for their kids.
Sarah Michelle notices that children always copy the behavior of adults. For example, they will always brush their teeth if they see their parents do the same — in the morning, after lunch, and before bed.
Besides, the younger Prinzes always see their parents helping someone in need. It’s another family tradition. The actress once said, “I started because my mother taught me a long time ago that even when you have nothing, there’s ways to give back. And what you get in return for that is tenfold.”
Sarah Michelle supports a breast cancer research project, organizes fundraising for charity, helps Project Angel Food, Habitat for Humanity, and CARE, and on her Instagram, she mentions the activists that help abandoned animals find new families.
The stars don’t show off their acting achievements to the kids.
Sarah Michelle says that their kids don’t think that this profession is “cool.” And they are not planning to appear in films until their kids are older.
Before, Sarah and Freddie were in the same movies together, but now they try to organize their lives in a way that at least one of them is at home with the kids. The parents know how much their kids need support. For example, once Charlotte injured her wrist, and she needed someone to be with her to comfort and help.
They often tell their kids they love them.
The actress is worried that her kids are growing so fast, and she doesn’t know how to feel about it. She once posted 2 photos. On the first, Sarah was smiling and congratulating her daughter on finishing the 3rd grade, and on the second, she was sorry that her son’s carefree time in kindergarten was over.
On the day when both of her kids went to school, she also took a picture and shared it with the subscribers, “Fourth Grade and First Grade. There are no perfect parents, and no perfect kids, but there are perfect moments.”
No matter how strict the parents are, Charlotte and Rocky love them and dream of having another sibling. Sarah Michelle even mentioned in an interview that they constantly ask her to give them a brother or a sister. And she says, “Ask Daddy.”
What do you think about this combination of love and strictness when raising kids? What rules do you have in your family?