Diane von Furstenberg, 79, stated she believes she did a fine job raising her kids as a working mom.
On Thursday's event of the "Aspire alongside Emma Grede" podcast, von Furstenberg said concerning how she managed motherhood during construction her manner empire.
"If you conversation to my children, I was never there," von Furstenberg told podcast presenter Emma Grede. "But if I appearance at the results, God bless them. They're wonderful, and now they are completely grown-up, parents of adults, and we conversation all sole day."
Von Furstenberg shares two children alongside her ex-husband, Prince Egon von Furstenberg, whom she divided in 1983. He died in 2004.
The manner decorator stated she has no regrets concerning how she raised her kids and that she is "a fine mom."
She stated she was additionally additional current for them than they gave her credit for: "I think I was additional there than they think, and I would never forsake them."
Von Fustenberg stated she's additionally "very proud" of her kids and the parents that they've become.
"For example, Alexander volition say that I never went to a game," she said, adding that she merely wasn't curious in attending. "But, as a result, he goes to all equivalent of all child."
Despite juggling her occupation alongside raising two children, von Furstenberg stated she has never informed mom guilt.
"Guilt is not an option. Guilt and fear," she said. "I did the finest I could. They came alongside me. I mean, I went on endeavor trips in Japan, I took them along. I did the finest I could, but guilt, no."
Von Furstenberg stated she said openly alongside her children concerning why activity sometimes took her away, and encouraged another parents to do the same.
"You go to school, I go to work, and afterward you have a conversation," she said, adding that she said to her children akin adults from the start, fair as her own mother had done alongside her.
Von Furstenberg added she doesn't concur alongside chopper parenting since she believes a parent's function is to instruct kids to remain on their own.
"You provision them love, values, and you create them independent," she said.
The decorator has earlier pushed rear on the idea that mothers should awareness blameworthy concerning their careers. Victoria Beckham stated von Furstenberg formerly gave her direction on balancing activity and motherhood, telling her that guilt is a "pointless" — and "very aging" — emotion.
The difficulty of balancing a occupation and family commitments has additionally arrive up for another community fig moms.
Grede described herself as a "max three-hour mum" on weekends in an April discussion alongside The Wall Street Journal, during Keira Knightley has stated her mother's no-nonsense outlook shaped how she navigates activity during raising kids. Jennifer Garner, meanwhile, has stated she doesn't "apologize" to her children for working.
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Amanda is a elder manner newsman at Business Insider's Singapore bureau.Her reporting explores how group navigate important existence transitions, including occupation changes, relocation, and retirement, alongside a particular concentration on the experiences of those living in Asia. She additionally writes concerning travel, culture, wellness, and relationships.In 2025, she won the Singapore Press Club's Rising Stars Young Digital Journalist Award.She earlier worked as a author and video manufacturer at a satisfied promotion agency in Singapore. She graduated from the University at Buffalo alongside a BA (Hons) in Sociology.
