Hilary Duff and family.Photo: Hilary Duff/Instagram
“It’s been a tricky time with finding the balance between school screen time and recreational screen time,” Duff tells PEOPLE. “It was definitely more of a free-for-all in the beginning, but now we use it as a tool. He still earns time on his iPad. If I need to cook dinner or work, I let him connect with a friend onRoblox. We play word, number, or spelling games to try to make it educational sometimes … [but] I’m a big believer that kids need to decompress and have some downtime too.”
Luca’s Christmas gifts included Roblox on Prime Gaming (Duff is partnering withAmazon for their Digital Week) to play with friends in his “pod,” but the family indulged in some lower-tech fun around the holidays as well: “We usually have a Monopoly night once a week, decorate gingerbread houses, go on a walk on Christmas Eve to see if we can spot reindeer, and leave cookies for Santa! All of the basic, but fun holiday things.”
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Now, with the holidays behind her, Duff can focus on plans for 2021 and her impending arrival. This time, she says, she’s much more relaxed about the pregnancy than she was with her second.
That excitement from her kids is manifesting itself in different ways, she says: “Luca was pumped! He’s very patient and obsessed with Banks. We just casually told him one weekend and he was ‘8-year-old cool boy excited’.”
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Though she’s able to enjoy this pregnancy more,Duff has been keeping it real about her ambivalence towards some of changes it brings, recently sharing a photo on Instagram that said “would be lying if I told you I didn’t miss this body.”
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She’s also grateful for the quality time she’s gotten to spend this time around, with a partner who has helped make it all easier. “One of the greatest parts of this quarantine for me was having a solid teammate to take on half of the responsibilities because there has been so much added to my plate,” she says. “On the memory-making front, it’s been nice to lower the expectations a little bit and enjoy our time together, and just be appreciative of what we have.”
source: people.com
