Raising kids while being in the public eye seems incredibly stressful. The paparazzi and the media can already be invasive in their own right, just as a singular celebrity. Then, you bring in a relationship and people pry for even more information. They even try to split the couple up if they decide they don't like the two of them together. Combine all of that with having children, and it seems absolutely exhausting. It's why parents like Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake work incredibly hard to protect their kids from the spotlight. They know firsthand just how scary it can be.
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Recently, Jessica spoke with InStyle for their cover story, discussing the troubles of motherhood as a public figure. Her two sons, Silas and Phineas, didn't sign up to be public figures; they were merely born into the world. Consequently, Biel and her husband Justin Timberlake are incredibly secretive of them, largely keeping them from the spotlight. However, Silas' interest in tennis sees them go to the US Open last summer. Still, she remained hesitant and made sure he was totally comfortable with what could happen while they were out together.
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"It's a tricky one, a tricky balance. We do really try hard not to expose them in a way that they're not comfortable with. My son was 9 at the time, and he's a huge tennis fan — that's his sport, that's what he plays. We had this opportunity, and we talked about it. We talked about photographers. You know, 'Are you comfortable with that?' He can't make these decisions on his own, but at this point, we can at least discuss what's his opinion around it," Biel explains.
Even after talking it out with her oldest child, she still felt some trepidation. Jessica wants to shield her kids from all the pressures of the outside world but also want to encourage them to live their lives. "You really want to give your kids every experience. I don't know if it was the right decision, to be honest with you, but he and I had a good time," Biel says. "It's scary every time. But it's also their life. And so it's this really tricky, tricky thing to figure out, what's appropriate."
