Kaley Cuoco and Tom Pelphrey's Unconventional Parenting Journey: Embracing Their Unique Path
Kaley Cuoco and Tom Pelphrey embrace a unique and unconventional parenting style, confidently asserting that they are doing it their way Cuoco shares her experience without offering advice, allowing fellow moms to find their own path
Kaley Cuoco will not be offering parenting advice to other mothers. The 38-year-old former star of The Big Bang Theory, along with her partner Tom Pelphrey, has come to the realization that there is no one-size-fits-all rule for parenting. "From the moment I found out I was pregnant, I knew we would be doing things our way," the actress told Entertainment Tonight on Thursday, January 11. "I've learned that every child is different and every parent is different, and what each child needs is unique."
"We have done something similar and it has worked out really well," she explained. "So, my advice is not to give advice!"
The Emmy-nominated actress also mentioned that she wasn't interested in receiving advice from other mothers either "because it becomes overwhelming." "There will be more questions and probably more frustration than I want to deal with," she told ET.
Cuoco and Pelphrey welcomed their daughter, Matilda, now 10 months old, in March 2023. During an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Monday, January 8, the actress discussed her parenting philosophy and shared the story of their first plane flight with their daughter over the Thanksgiving holiday.
"It was our first time flying with the baby, and it was terrifying. We were very nervous. I remember thinking, 'What do we do? We have to bring her sound machine on the plane,'" Cuoco recounted. "It's the only thing she can fall asleep to. We had to turn it on so she would sleep on the plane."
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After positioning the sound machine next to Matilda’s ear to help lull her to sleep, Cuoco shared that a flight attendant approached them and said, “‘Hey, one of our passengers would appreciate it if you turned the sound machine off.’ I’m sitting there like, ‘Oh, my God,’” she recalled. “I can feel Tom thinking, ‘Hey, ask the passenger if she wants to hold our crying child when we turn it [off].’ The tension was palpable.”
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Cuoco told Jimmy Kimmel that after the flight, the passenger who had complained made a snide remark about Matilda's happiness. "The lady turns around and goes, 'Oh, so your daughter does know how to smile," she said. "It was in that moment where I understood why women end up on Dateline. I could have strangled her. This moment, I could've thrown that woman off the plane."
Cuoco also shared her unorthodox parenting habits, such as letting her daughter watch TV. "Matilda just watched the first season of Succession the other week. I'm not kidding," she said, asking fans to "stop judging the moms out there! Let them watch Succession."
