"Now I have to learn to do the hardest thing a parent has the privilege of doing and let you go. No, it's NOT forever, but it's the end of one big chapter, so - yeah - I'm going to cry. (I'm also 100% percent going to sit on your Dad's shoulders to work on the lighting in your dorm room.) I love you, Monkey. Always No matter what,"
"The "Happy Gilmore 2" star, who also shares 16-year-old twin sons John and Gustav with Phillips, has maintained her sense of humor during the whirlwind experience of raising teenage boys. "Basically, I'm in the desert right now," she said on TODAY with Hoda & Jenna in September 2024 while discussing how they don't want to spend as much time with her anymore. "It's like I got dumped by three guys that I was madly in love with.""
Julie Bowen dropped her eldest son, Oliver, at college and posted photos with him and his father, ex-husband Scott Phillips, alongside a heartfelt caption. She reflected on eighteen years of motherhood, the humility and learning that came with raising Oliver, and the difficulty of letting him go as one major chapter ends. Bowen also shares 16-year-old twins John and Gustav and has used humor to navigate parenting teenage boys. She described feeling like she was "in the desert" as her sons seek independence and emphasized advice to not fear being a "mean mom" when setting boundaries.
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