Mother of two children, Leo and Luna (fruits of her love for her husband Javier Bardem), Penelope Cruz spoke about their education to journalists from Femina version. Both strict and modern, the one who received the award for best female performance at the Venice Film Festival for her role in the film Madres Paralelas by Pedro Almodovar said he is very careful to ensure that his children are brought up with respect for gender equality. She explains : “When I was very young, I knew I wanted to have children. Raising in our time is a chance, because the idea of equality is more and more present in the minds. I myself was raised this way by a feminist mother. She imposed a natural consideration, demanded that we respect her as much as men. “
I will not give up
But that’s not all. The pretty 47-year-old brunette is also very reluctant to use new technologies which, according to her, prevent children from developing their imagination and creativity. “I am also very vigilant with the screens“, confides the star of the film Vanilla Sky before adding: “They were born with it and sometimes I feel like they are like guinea pigs from a bad experience which will have serious consequences on their development.t. I am therefore very strict with the use of new technologies. “
Believing herself lucky to have grown up in a world without social networks and mobile phones, she fears that new generations overly exposed to screens will suffer devastating effects on their psyches and intellectual capacities in the future. “I find it damaging that parents let their children use social networks very early on, that they give them a cell phone when they are 10 years old. (…) Of course they say to me: “Mom everyone has a phone”. But I don’t care. This is not good for their development and I will not back down“Says the ex of Tom Cruise, sure of his convictions.