Ashley Tisdale, known for acting roles and now a mother of two, founded Being Frenshe, a wellness brand centered on scent. She describes motherhood as constantly changing and emphasizes that she does not want her children involved in the entertainment business. She observes her five-year-old’s interest in performing and old celebrity content, while choosing to keep that path closed so the child can remain a kid. She also explains that she became open about mental health and postpartum struggles because society talked more easily about anxiety than depression, and she wanted to address that gap.
"Every day is a different journey. Every day is wild. People always ask me, "Are you going to put them in the business?" I'm like, "No." I grew up in the business and have been working since I was three, so I just don't want that for my kids."
"But it's so interesting to see my five-year-old... She loves to perform; she's definitely meant to do something on the performance level at some point... She watches Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen videos that stuff that I grew up on and she loves it. She's like, "I want to do things like that." And I'm like, "I know, but no." There's so many things that I'm so grateful and lucky to have not fallen into that I think a lot of other people have and I think I'm a very rare case; I just want her to be a kid."
"It was maybe seven years ago, when I was very open about what I struggled with. The reason for that was because I felt like, in society, everybody was comfortable talking about anxiety, but they weren't talking about depression. I know how anxiety and depression work. If you struggle with one, you struggle with th"
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