The Story of Julia Roberts, Who Put Her Career on Hold to Fulfill her Dream and Become a Real Mother

Julia Roberts is the mother of three children and a successful actress. For many years, she has been able to juggle motherhood, family, and filming. We will tell you about the rules the star follows in raising children and why she had to put her career on pause for almost 20 years.

20 years of a happy marriage

Roberts met her husband, Danny Moder, on the set of a movie they were working on together. The couple has been together for 20 years and is still as in love as when they first began dating. Roberts told Gayle King that she still got butterflies whenever she thought of her husband of 2 decades.

Talking to Oprah Winfrey about why she was so happy and finally satisfied with her life, Roberts confessed, “A huge part of it is my marriage. My husband, Danny, has really shined the light for me. Because of being married, I’ve met people and experienced all these little things that have nurtured my life — not so much changed it, just nurtured it in a way that’s astounding.”

Roberts put her career on hold.

For many years, we didn’t see Roberts appear in any acting roles. The actress mentioned that she had to consider both her husband’s work schedule and her children’s schedules before she could make any drastic decisions about accepting a new role. She focused on raising her children and being there for them when their father wasn’t around.

She opened up about parenting.

Julia Roberts is not the kind of mother who lets her children get away with everything. She has admitted to having strict parenting methods and mentioned that she has forbidden her 3 children from using social media and limits the amount of TV they watch. “I try to keep them off social media because I don’t really understand what they need that for right now”, she said.

“I have a sense of great pride in being home with my family,” Roberts said. According to Fox News, Roberts is a strict mom, she doesn’t really lose her temper but thinks that it’s important that children know their boundaries. “If something happens I don’t really punish them, I prefer to have conversations with them. I think my serious face is punishment enough,” she added.

Keeping their kids out of the spotlight is one of Roberts and Moder’s top priorities when it comes to parenting. Because Roberts loves her private time with her little ones, the Hollywood pair relocated from the busy city of Los Angeles and settled in San Francisco. “She wanted her children, who are growing up so fast, to have the experience of a city with a different energy and vibe,” a pal of the actress exclusively told Closer in June 2020. “Her kids are not movie star kids in San Francisco, where no one cares who your mom is.”

Life and career now

In one of her interviews, the actress revealed that she tried to hide her fame from her children as long as possible, and they only found out about their mother’s fame not so long ago. Julia tried to shield her sons and daughter from excessive attention, and she succeeded wonderfully. Once, she even managed to take all the kids to Disneyland without making big headlines in the press.

The actress’s youngest son is now 16 years old, and the older twins are already 19. Julia hinted that her sons love football and she shares their passion. Also, the Roberts’ children love Taylor Swift, so they have attended her concerts together.

The actress confessed that a strong family has always been her dream. When the older children went off to college, it made her feel “lightheaded” but also excited for her firstborns. “I mean, it makes me a little lightheaded. You say that, I mean, I’m completely excited for them,” she said.

Julia is now actively filming, but at the same time, she tries to maintain a balance. A quiet and normal family life is essential to Roberts, and she said she works hard to keep it that way.

Behind a successful acting career, there often stand dramas that could easily become the plot for a TV series. For instance, Brooke Shields has revealed what she had to go through to get where she is now.