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Maggie Gyllenhaal: 'I stopped being judgmental when I became a mother'

Maggie Gyllenhaal has confessed that she used to be "judgmental" about other people's parenting skills.

The White House Down actress, who has two children with husband Peter Sarsgaard, said that she became more accepting of the varied approaches to motherhood once she gave birth to her first daughter Ramona in 2006.

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"I used to be judgmental of the way other people would parent. I would look at someone talking on a cell phone while her baby was asleep in a stroller and think, 'How can that mother have her cell phone out?'" Gyllenhaal recalled in an interview with Scholastic's Parent & Child.

"Then you actually have a baby and you're like, 'She's sleeping; I have 10 minutes; I'll make three phone calls'. I think so much of my judgment - not only about how people parent, but about people in general - went away when I became a mom."

The 34-year-old went on to add that she has become less harsh with her own parenting mistakes, saying: "I was 28 when Ramona was born, and I had this idea that I think a lot of people in their twenties have, that I was supposed to do it perfectly. At least, if not perfectly, then exceptionally well. I've realized that that isn't possible and that part of being a human is making mistakes - and making lots of them."

Gyllenhaal gave birth to her second daughter Gloria Ray in April 2012.

She has previously expressed appreciation for her nanny, who allows her to successfully juggle career and motherhood by helping to care for her kids.
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