Laura Prepon Explains How ‘Mom Guilt Is Still an Issue’ While Balancing Work and Parenting

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All moms know. Laura Prepon juggles a lot with her acting career and a cookware line, and sometimes, managing all that plus parenthood can be difficult.“The work-life balance is tough,” the That ‘70s Show actress exclusively shared with Us Weekly on Wednesday, June 15. “You wanna be home with your kids and then when you’re with your kids, you’re like, ‘I should be working.’ And that mom guilt is still an issue.”The PrepOn kitchen founder, 42, gave birth to a daughter, Ella, in 2017 with her actor husband, Ben Foster, 41.

The couple also welcomed a son in 2020 and decided not to share his name with the public.While discussing her new partnership with Vitalite, a plant-based cheese alternative, the mom-of-two shared that other projects, like directing a new show for Netflix, will require “really long” hours, again challenging her multitasking abilities.“I really have to balance work life and mom life,” Prepon shared. “Parents have been dealing with it for a very, very long time, I’m sure, but that kind of balance is definitely hard.”She added: “You figure it out and we have a great family dynamic.

Thank goodness. We’ll figure it out, but that’s probably the toughest thing —being away from them when I’m at work. The guilt is just overwhelming sometimes.”As for how the Orange Is the New Black star and her husband delegate the parenting roles, Prepon noted that it “just depends.”“In terms of social media with our children and any time anything is being shown with the kids, it’s always a discussion that he and I have together,” she explained. “Again, no judgment, we’re all doing the best we can!

But for us, it’s always a family decision. When one of us is at work, we’re in communication about how we’re gonna figure out the