Celeb Moms’ Words of Wisdom

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Naomi Watts

"Think ahead: Is there milk in the fridge?" the mother of Sasha, 3, and Sammy, 1, advises parents.

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Katie Holmes

"I try to do what my mom did for me and just spend time with her making doll clothes and planting in the garden," Holmes tells Marie Claire of daughter Suri, 4. "When Suri comes to the set, we have art projects, and I just try to keep her busy and inspired."

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Julianne Moore

"You know those mozzarella string cheese sticks? I try to carry those," the actress and mom to Caleb, 13, and Liv Helen, 8, tells Us. "Kids love those and crackers, pretzels and carrots. I try to have all of that for the times when they're hungry -- and they can get hungry really fast!"

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Kelly Rutherford

"I only use natural, non-toxic cleaning supplies in my home. Those are a lifesaver," the actress, 41, and mother of Hermés, 4, and Helena Grace, 1, tells Us.

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Elisabeth Hasselbeck

"I think exposing them to as many things as possible is the way to go. The other day we went from playing T-ball to walking through the Met," Hasselbeck tells Us about her three little ones -- Grace, 5, Taylor, 2, and Isaiah, 1. “I love to teach them about the great artists, which is kind of cool."

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Kelly Ripa

"No' means 'no," Ripa tells Good Housekeeping about her parenting of Michael, 13; Lola, 9; and Joaquin, 7. "Be a parent and not a friend," she says. "It's my philosophy that doing the easy thing in the short term makes it harder for parents in the long run."

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Molly Ringwald

"I don't let my babies watch TV at all since there have been tests done that link it to ADD [because of the rapid editing]," mom to twins Ringwald, 42, tells The Washington Post. "I didn't have a TV for the first four years of my older daughter's upbringing, and now she really just doesn't much care for it."

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Courteney Cox

"Be patient!" Cox, mother of 6-year-old daughter Coco, has said.

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Rebecca Romijn

"Make time alone with your partner and make sure that's your priority," the model-turned actress and mother of 1-year-old twins Dolly and Charlie, has said.

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Heidi Klum

"The children show you most of the time what you have to do. You'll learn by watching them, keeping your eyes and ears open," the mother of Leni, 6; Henry, 5; Johan, 3; and Lou, 1 tells Us.

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Brooke Shields

"A lot of people want to instantly lose weight and I say... give yourself a break," Shields, mother of Rowan, 7, and Grier, 4, has said. "It's taken you a really long time to get that baby, so don't expect to be rail thin right now, or maybe ever!"

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Jennifer Garner

"Put your BlackBerry down," the mother of Seraphina, 1, and Violet, 4, tells Parade magazine. "Try to save time with the dumb stuff around the house so you can be with your kids as much as possible."

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Denise Richards

"I'll never talk about weight around them. And they'll never hear me say, 'Mommy's feeling fat today.' That kind of attitude just makes young girls grow up to be dissatisfied with their bodies," the mother of Sam, 6, and Lola, 5, tells Shape Magazine.