Pink and Carson Daly just had every parent’s park-bench conversation about the struggles of parenting during the technology age, and we’re keeping our fingers crossed that she’ll make herself available to tell our kids exactly what she told hers. Because she’s our best friend. Just kidding. But wouldn’t that be cool?
The Grammy-winning superstar told TODAY’s Carson Daly she won’t let her daughter Willow, 10, have one. “There’s a light side and a shadow side to technology in general for adults, as well,” she said. “For kids, I’m not there yet. I have a 10-year-old who does not have a phone, although she pointed out to me yesterday, ‘You know most of the kids in my class, fifth grade, have a phone.’ That doesn’t move my needle. I don’t care.” Hells yes, Pink. Come on over and deliver that news to our phone gremlins, why don’t you?
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Pink, who is also mom to son Jameson, 5, isn’t kidding herself, though. “We can’t be dinosaurs ourselves as parents, we have to sort of embrace it and go with it,” she said. And when Pink embraces something, we’re not talking about liking something on social.
You’ll find her collaborating with the meditation and wellness app Calm, available Wednesday. She’s recorded a trio of bedtime stories on the app, to which she’s no stranger.
“I’ve been using Calm for years and that’s how I fall asleep, so when I heard they were doing a Calm Kids, I was like, ‘I want to do that. I want to read stories to kids,’” she said. “And so I tested out my stories on Jameson and he requests them now.”
But she still sumo wrestles with them before bedtime, too. Because she’s the coolest. And our best friend.
Not really, but still.
—Shelley Massey
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