Mindy Kaling reflects on being a single parent and says she ‘learned a lot’ from welcoming a second child during the global pandemic
Mindy Kaling ‘learned a lot’ from having a baby during the coronavirus pandemic.
In September, the 41-year-old actress gave birth to her second child, a son named Spencer, in September of last year and managed to keep the news out of the spotlight for her entire nine-month pregnancy.
However, the performer recently admitted it’s not an experience she wishes to repeat or would ‘recommend.’
Grateful mom: Mindy Kaling recently expressed that she ‘learned a lot’ from welcoming a second child into her life during a global pandemic
Speaking at the #WOW2021 event this week, Mindy expressed: ‘I don’t know if I recommend everyone having a secret pregnancy during a worldwide pandemic, but I will say I learned a lot from it.’
She referred to the experience as ‘Definitely like a once-in-a-lifetime type of thing.’
As for her parenting technique, the mother-of-two, who also has a three-year-old daughter named Katherine, admitted the best parents are able to keep their cool and not ‘blow their top.’
The writer remarked how she is ‘inspired by parenting where the parents don’t scream. If you can not scream at your children, I think you’re a good parent. To me, people who do not blow their top and also can stay on a consistent message.
Special occurrence: The comedian also noted that experiencing a pregnancy during the coronavirus pandemic was a ‘once-in-a-lifetime type of thing’
Chill parent: Kaling also made a point of noting that she was ‘inspired’ by parents who ‘do not blow their top and also can stay on a consistent message’
‘That to me — I’m the most impressed by those people,’ she added.
The Office star is a single parent but has help from friends and family raising her two kids, and she admitted that her scriptwriting has benefited from being a mom.
She was also very clear about how her situation would not necessarily be the right fit for many of her fans, as she noted: ‘Being a single mom is not for everyone.’
Benefits: The Never Have I Ever co-creator went on to speak about how her scriptwriting skills have grown stronger ever since she welcomed her children into her life
Kaling went on to elaborate on how she has several close family members and friends who help her raise her children, for which she expressed gratitude.
‘So we have this like little strange little house of like intergenerational, interracial people that are coming in and out to take care of everything…I feel my life is so rich,’ she said.
The Never Have I Ever co-creator then expressed that she has found a wealth of creative inspiration from raising children, which has caused her to reflect on her own upbringing.
Happy camper: Kaling also expressed that her life ‘is so rich’ due to the amount of friends and family members who are willing to help her take care of her children
‘If anything, [parenthood] has given me this flooding of memories of my childhood, I feel like I’m able to write even more,’ Kaling said.
The actress concluded by remarking that, although she did not expect to develop a sense of self-reflection from becoming a parent, she was glad to have done so.
‘That has been one of the most unexpected pleasures of having children, is being able to tap back into my own youth,’ she expressed.
Looking back: Kaling also remarked that, after she welcomed her children into her life, she was ‘able to tap back into my own youth’