Brenda Song recently shared her perspective on motherhood and how she maintains work-life balance.
For those who don’t know, Song and her fiancé Macaulay Culkin welcomed two sons together. Their eldest child Dakota was born in April 2021 and second child Carson in December 2022. The couple, who first met on the set of Changeland, announced their engagement in 2022.
Song talked along PEOPLE magazine for an interview in which she talked about motherhood and its impact on her career.
The mother of two told that outlet that her views on work-life balance changed dramatically after she became a mother and that she “had to be really conscious about it when kids came along.”
She said: “Mac and I always had a two-week rule. We’re never away for more than two weeks, but kids came along and it became very different because we’re balancing so many other things now.”
As she sorted out her priorities, Song made sure to spend time with her children, telling herself, “Brenda, you can’t spend an hour every night cleaning the house after everyone goes to sleep. You need sleep.”
The Running point The star had to leave “certain things” behind just because she wanted to be with her children and she and the Home Alone star “always try to be there” for their sons.
“So pick up and drop off, it’s always one of us. We try, and we’re fortunate that we’re in a position where we’ve never had an issue where one of us wasn’t home with the kids,” Brenda Song noted.
