The reason Jennie Garth Believes Co-Parenting Sparked a Personal Awakening
Jennie Garth needed to discover her strengths. The What I Like About You actress described how she overcame her breakup to concentrate on co-parenting her and Peter Facinelli's daughters, Luca, 28, Lola, 23, and Fiona, 19, more than ten years after they ended their nearly twenty-year romance.
“In order to be the best co-parent, I wanted to be, I had to really come to a reckoning inside myself of forgiveness, of acceptance,” in a confidential interview, Jennie informed news reporters. “And it wasn't even forgiving or accepting of someone else—it was really forgiving and accepting myself through it all.”
The author of I Choose Me, whose new memoir is currently out, also stressed that she was able to put her children first because of the grace she showed herself.
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“That made me a better mom,” she added. “Definitely more present, more connected to what they are going through, instead of so much about what I'm going through.”
Actually, Jennie, whose I Choose Me Summit begins in Los Angeles on April 25, claimed that having her first daughter at the age of 25 taught her how to focus on her children and, in her words, "saved me from myself."
“At a wild time in my life where it was a lot of unknown feelings,” the 54-year-old clarified, “I was able to take care of a baby and put all of my focus and energy on keeping her alive and happy and healthy. And I think that was a big part of saving myself from myself.”
The reality that her girls still like spending time with her is proof that she is "a good mom," even though the Beverly Hills, 90210 alum has occasionally had concerns about her parenting abilities.
“My doors are always open to my girls, and having them around me is just a constant proof of purchase,” she disclosed. “Proof is in the pudding with these guys that I've done something right.”
Jennie added that she is not the only person having an influence.
“My daughters are my greatest teachers,” she went on to say. “[I’m] just really accepting that and reminding myself that I don't have it all figured out. I'm still learning and growing, just like they are.”
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