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Charlize Theron loves her kids more than anything.
The actress adopted her daughters, Jackson and August, in 2012 and 2015, respectively, and has been gushing over her role as a mom ever since.
“I do know that choosing to be a mom in my late 30s has been really great for me,” Theron told W Magazine in April 2015. “It’s given me perspective.”
That same year, Theron explained during an interview with British Vogue that she “always” wanted to have children, especially having a “fair, tough and supportive” role model in her own mother, Gerda Maritz.
“Our family is everything,” Theron said. “Her greatest skill was encouraging me to find my own person and own independence.”
While appearing on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast in July 2025, Theron explained her decision to raise her kids alone.
“I think I’m raising my kids as a single mom because of, definitely, avoidance of things that I know I don’t want and also understanding who I am fully and being honest with who I am and what I can give right now,” she said. “Who I am, at the time that I wanted to be a parent, was not somebody who should be having kids with another person.”
Keep scrolling to read Theron’s sweetest quotes about her kids:
May 2012
Theron said that she “can’t remember anything” from her life prior to becoming a mom. “I feel like it was always just meant to be what it is,” she told E! News.
April 2018
“I knew that I would have to have my mom help me if I was going to do this as a single parent,” Theron told Elle. “To not acknowledge [Martiz], in coparenting my children would be a lie. … I would feel pretty alone if I didn’t have a partner in crime in all of this.”
November 2019
Theron told Us Weekly exclusively about protecting her kids from mom shamers.
“I just love my kids, I try to keep them as safe as possible,” she said. “I try to support them as much as possible. I try to do what I think every other parent wants for their children, just [give them] a fair shot.”
July 2020
Theron recalled the day that she taught her daughter an important lesson during an appearance on the “In Charge With DVF” podcast.
“Two days ago I was in the car with my two girls, and my little one said something like, ‘You need a boyfriend!'” the actress said. “And I said, ‘Actually, I don’t. Right now, I feel really good,’ and she’s like, ‘You know what, Mom? You just need a boyfriend. You need a relationship!’”
Theron told her daughter that she was in a relationship with herself, which offered a major perspective shift.
“She had this look in her eye like she had never really contemplated that that was even a possibility,” Theron continued. “Her mind was blown, but I know that was the day that she realized there’s a different possibility.”
September 2021
While Theron’s daughters are becoming more “independent,” Theron told Entertainment Tonight that her “saving grace” was them joining her in bed for back scratches.
“So I still feel like I have the power,” she explained. “But it is definitely happening. It’s inevitable, right? They want to find themselves and be individuals.”
September 2022
“When my kids say, ‘Mom, nobody makes pasta better than you,’ nothing gets close to that,” Theron told Harper’s Bazaar, explaining that her career took somewhat of a backseat to her family. “I don’t ever need them to be like, ‘Oh, you’re in that movie.'”
She continued: “I am still carrying such a grudge that there’s a mom in our circle who makes French toast that my kid raves about. And she’s given me the recipe and I’ve tried it. … I am way more driven by that stuff.”
July 2024
Theron said that her “job” as a mother is to teach her kids acceptance.
“I want [my kids] to grow up in a world where they know what it means to accept what’s not you, what is different and love that, to not be scared of that, and to embrace it,” she said on Drag Race’s “Untucked” aftershow. “I feel like we’re living in a day and age where our words can so easily be weaponized against us.”
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July 2024
The actress told that her kids are “so embarrassed” by her.
“It’s a lot of girl in our house. I’m just trying to keep my head above water, because they are smart and they are witty and they are firecrackers, but they do not go, ‘Oh my god, Mom, you’re so amazing.’ They’re like, ‘Excuse me, I need. I want,’” she said. “They’re a**holes, but they’re really nice. Other parents know what I’m talking about.”
July 2025
“I swear in front of my kids because I feel like I am a responsible mom, but I also I am who I am,” Theron said during her “Call Her Daddy” podcast appearance. “I’m not ashamed of who I am. I also want to teach my kids that there are things for them to look forward to. They don’t necessarily get to say that right now, but that’s really fun because they’re going to grow up and get to say what they want.”
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