The actress, who rarely gives interviews, expressed her anxieties over her young daughter entering the world of sex and dating, specifically when it came to her relationships online.
She spoke about how mothers should encourage an open dialogue when it comes to discussing sex and emotions. ‘We can only help by listening, being aware, by not turning away and by not saying, oh, that’s all so disgusting I can’t even think about it.’
‘So I wrote my daughter a handbook about where emotions are felt in the body, about sexual feelings and the connections between sex and emotions… I drew pictures and said, you know, you can sometimes feel things in your loins you don’t feel in your heart, and you need to look at that.’
The two time Oscar-winner continued describing the advice she gave to her daughter, highlighting to her that the relationship between sex and emotions is an important one that she should do her best to understand. ‘If you listen to what’s going on in your emotional language, you will be able to keep the sexual activities safe.’
Talking about the influence that the internet has on teenagers compared to when she was growing up, Emma said: ‘There are so many more pressures. The sort of sexual questions being put to young kids is horrifying to me, but that’s what’s out there – boys and girls watching pornography, boys showing girls hardcore porn on their iPhones.’
The actress and mother of two went on to describe how she wanted her daughter to learn how to deal with tricky situations themselves, continuing: ‘I’m in a constant state of anxiety but I know these kids have to negotiate these thickets by themselves.’
The actress recently opened up about the break down of her marriage with Kenneth Branagh due to his affair with Helena Bonham Carter. She is now married to actor Greg Wise.
Emma is currently promoting her new film 'Mr Banks' in which she stars alongside Tom Hanks.
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