Madonna On Lourdes & Rocco

(November 1, 2006) ? ?I would rather have a child who is strong-willed & challenged me about everything, because I know later on in life that’s gonna serve them well than someone who’s passive & doesn’t question things,? Madonna told Nancy O?Dell in response to being asked about the striking similarities between herself and daughter Lourdes.

It certainly is hard to imagine anyone in Madonna?s family being passive about anything!

The 48-year-old mom also says that both 10-year-old Lola and 6-year-old Rocco were very vocal with their opinions about expanding their family.

?Lola wanted a girl, Rocco wanted a boy & they were like, ?Well, can?t we have 2??,? Madonna said.

?Or 5??, Nancy asked.

?Yeah, or 5 or 8 or twins or you know, they were running every option,? Madonna responded.

When asked about reports that there?s a 3-year-old girl that Madonna wanted to adopt, she responded, ?No, I mean there’s lots of little girls I met that I wanted to adopt. Maybe we’ll adopt another one.?

There?s no denying that motherhood has been life-changing for Madonna, who?s own mom passed away when Madonna was Rocco?s age.

?When I went to Africa and I saw so many children without mothers,? she said. ?I know what that pain feels like. I really only talk to my daughter about it because she’s the only one that asks me. She wants me to tell her about my mother and what was it like and how old were you, and how did you feel, and oh mommy it must have been so sad for you. But I’m sure when my son gets a little older? he only cares about soccer and ninja warriors and Star Wars right now.?

Access saw Rocco playing soccer just yesterday in Central Park.

And of course, Madonna?s kids love books.

Madonna has written her latest ? a sequel called ?The English Roses: Too Good To Be True,? which deals with jealousy over a new boy in school.

How?d she come up with the premise?

?Well, I have a 10-year-old daughter & she has got friends & sometimes she thinks that people like her because I’m her mother & sometimes she thinks that people are mean to her because I’m her mother, and so it’s a topic that we discuss, envy & jealousy on a regular basis.?

And how does the mother who has everything help her daughter out with that?

?I use other people that are celebrities as examples. We went to the last Harry Potter premiere and she went to the bathroom and she met that actress she’s obsessed with in the bathroom washing her hands (Emma Watson). She’s like, ?Mommy mommy I met her and she was washing her hands.? And so I use it as an example, I say, ?You have an idea about who this girl is cause you’ve seen her in movies, but you don’t really know her but you think you know her. ?. That same goes for other people about me.?

Madonna’s interview with Access Hollywod’s Nancy O’Dell

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