Demi Moore on Why She Doesn't Give Parenting Advice to Daughter Rumer Willis

Demi Moore opened up about her life as a grandmother and why she avoids giving parenting advice to her daughter, new mom Rumer Willis.

On Friday, September 20, Moore visited the set of “The Jennifer Hudson Show” to open up about her role as grandmother to Willis' daughter, 17-month-old Luetta.

“What I've learned is that I generally don't give advice unless I'm asked,” the actress, who appears in the new film “Substance,” told host Jennifer Hudson.

“First of all, she's an amazing mother and I'm so proud of her,” she said of her daughter and new mom, Willis. 'She is truly incredible. And if I were asked, I would gladly share my experience, my strength, my hope. But if not, I prefer to remain silent.”

Moore further explained, “As a parent, I think you have to give your children the dignity of their own process.”

“Sometimes they need to find their own way,” she added, “even if I am right, and often I am... That doesn't mean she is wrong.”

Moore has three daughters (Rumer, 36, Scout, 33, and Tallulah, 30) with her ex-husband Bruce Willis; a proud mother of three, Moore sees her role as a parent not necessarily to “save” her children, but instead to help them grow up, to She explained that she sees it as giving them room to make mistakes and develop their own identities.

“For me, I feel like my job is just to love children and give them room to be who they are,” she said.

“Our intuitive instinct to save the child is not always the best thing to do. We have to give our children room to be.”

Rumer Willis became a mom on April 18, 2023, when she welcomed daughter Louetta with her now ex-boyfriend Derek Richard Thomas; in August, Willis took to Instagram to ask one fan if the two were “still a couple,” and she and Thomas no longer together She confirmed that she and Thomas were no longer together.

“No. I am a single mother and co-parent,” Willis wrote on Instagram Stories. 'I am so thankful for Lou. She is the best thing in my life and I am forever grateful to have that relationship time for her to come into my life."

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In a touching Instagram post on her 36th birthday, Willis described what it was like to be a mother, calling her daughter “my soulmate and the love of my life” and how the past year had made her stronger before alluding to her breakup.

“My little girl ...... You are the fulfillment of every birthday wish I have ever had. You are my soul mate and the love of my life. This past year has been so wild, challenging, and beautiful. I am so grateful to you. For your kindness and love. I have learned so much this year. About myself. I feel freer and happier than I have in a long time.”

“Navigating this past year has shown me a strength within myself that I didn't know I had, and I am so proud of myself,” she continued.

“I wrote the lyrics to a song I'm working on right now, and it has never felt more true. A voice came up from my soul and told me that I could let go. That I have always been whole.