Cameron Diaz already feels like a mother

Shrek actress Cameron Diaz, 34, recently opened up to OK! Magazine in which she talks about being her maternal instincts and her love of kids.

On her maternal instincts: I think we all have that maternal ability. I’m a mother now; it’s a nurturing nature that we all have. I definitely don’t want to have children right now. This schedule is killing me. I mean, where am I going to fit a baby in between interviews? [laughs]

When she becomes a mom, Cameron will treat her child like a ‘human being.’ I always say I’m terrible with kids, but I think I’m pretty good with [them]. I love kids. They’re great. I don’t treat kids like kids because I was never treated like a kid. I treat kids like human beings because that’s how I was treated. Some kids get it and some kids don’t.

Source: OK! Magazine, April 30, 2007 issue

Comments

I’m glad Cameron realizes that she doesn’t have time for children right now. It’s a shame that some celebrities out there have babies when they’re not ready, then hand them off to the nannies while they go out and party.

- Tam on April 24th, 2007

For some reason it irritates me that she calls herself a mother when she’s not. That’s just weird. If you haven’t raised a child day in and day out, you’re not a mother. Motherly instincts does not give you the right to say your a mother, that honor goes to those of us who have carried a person for 9 months or gone through an agonizing adoption process..been up long nights, dried tears, celebrated milestones…

On the flipside, I like her philosophy about treating kids as humans, period…..not as kids, or mini-humans, or inferior. Children should be treated as full-blown human beings, with all the respect you would give an adult individual.

- Kori on April 24th, 2007

I thought this blog was about celebrity kids? Why another Cameron Diaz post about how she’s not having one?

? She’s talking about children. CBB covers a wide-range of topics including fashion, gear, etc, not celebrity children only.

- Rose on April 24th, 2007