Billie Lourd spoke about her feelings surrounding her two kids growing up in such a technologically advanced world.
Billie Lourd sends her children to a technology-free school because she’s so “scared” about the impact of gadgets on the world.
The 34-year-old actress has two children – Kingston, six, and three-year-old Jackson – with husband Austen Rydell.
She can next be seen starring in the movie Artificial which, as the name suggests, chronicles the rapid rise of artificial intelligence, and spoke about her feelings surrounding her kids growing up in such a technologically advanced world.
Billie said: “I feel scared. I feel excited about aspects of it but scared about a lot of it. I send my kids to a school that doesn’t really use iPads or technology as much because I think it’s so important for kids to still handwrite and to read actual books that aren’t on a Kindle and to hold books and learn how to write cursive.
“I really want them to be in the real world as much as possible. They learn woodworking at their school, and I think that kind of stuff is so important for kids.”
Billie added that she’s unsure whether or not she should let her kids watch the film, but mused: “I don’t know, I might make my 6-year-old watch it.
“He’s gonna be like, ‘What’s going on?’ but maybe next year he should watch it. Gotta start ‘em young.”
Billie previously opened up about how she stays connected to her late mother Carrie Fisher, who died in 2016, and grandmother Debbie Reynolds, who died a day after Carrie – by raising her kids in the same house she grew up in.
She told The Sunday Times newspaper: “I’m still in the house! It’s the most incredible thing that I got to keep this house, because my mom and dad bought it together and I grew up there.
“So my kids get to know my mom through this house because this house is my mom … Her energy is still in the house. And that really is such a gift.”
Billie went on to explain she watches her mother and grandmother’s most famous movies with her kids to give them a sense of who they were.
She added: “We watch the movies. They love Singin’ in the Rain and they’re already obsessed with Star Wars.
“Some days it feels beautiful to watch them and some days it makes me feel really bummed they died when they did. Anyone who’s lost someone can understand that.
“OK, they’re not usually watching a crazy sci-fi movie, but it’s the same feeling you get from watching home movies.”
Billie Lourd sends her kids to a technology-free school
