Hardcandylola: 2011

viernes, 11 de noviembre de 2011

Harper´s Baazar dec 2011 madonna talks about lola

The nature of some of Madonna's questions has changed, especially as she now has four children: Lourdes, 15; Rocco, 11; and David, 6, and Mercy, 5, who were both adopted from Malawi. I ask about her mothering philosophy. "Well, I say to Lourdes, schoolwork always comes first, so anything that gets in the way of that falls by the wayside. We put our energy in education." So how does Lourdes manage her schoolwork and a clothing line (Material Girl, which launched last year)? "She loves fashion and style. She helps design the collection. I just stand in the background and watch. I proofread her blogs and edit them and give her a hard time when I think she's being a lazy writer."

She adds, "I also encourage all of my children to ask questions and investigate. I never want my children to come to me and say they want to do something because everyone else is doing it. That doesn't interest me at all. You need to tell me your personal reasons about why it will benefit you, what you're going to get out of it, what it means to you. Otherwise, you're just a robot. You're not thinking for yourself. Where would you go with your life with this kind of attitude?"

Madonna is frank about the impact her celebrity has on her kids: "The other day, I was out on the street with Lourdes. She wasn't feeling well and had a fever," she says. "She was wearing her tracksuit bottoms and her T-shirt, and she turned around and was like, 'Ugh, there's a paparazzi, and I look like shit!' I felt for her because, you know, I thought, this is an extra layer. It's already a challenge to have a teenager, then to have a teenager in New York City, and on top of that, she's the daughter of someone famous. It's a lot. I'm aware of it, and I constantly find myself apologizing for it. But it also provokes many discussions with us about what's real and what isn't real."