Hands-On Celebrity Parents

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Jennifer Lopez

The pink ladies! Lopez and daughter Emme donned matching outfits in NYC in July 2014. "They're happy, they're healthy, they're loved more than anything in the world and they're going to be fine," Lopez explained to ABC News in 2013 of raising Emme and her twin brother, Max, as a single mom.

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Kate Middleton and Prince William

"He's the world to William and Kate — the most precious, adorable little rascal," a friend tells Us of George, who was captivated by the Sensational Butterflies exhibit during a trip to the London Natural History Museum in July 2014.

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Jessica Alba and Cash Warren

"Six years ago I was blessed with this little angel," Alba wrote in an Instagram post commemorating her eldest daughter Honor's birthday in June 2014. "She burst my heart open and taught me what true unconditional love is all about."

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Shakria

"I would love to have eight or nine kids with Gerard," the former Voice coach (doting on her son, Milan, along with boyfriend Gerard Pique at the 2014 World Cup final match) has said. "My own futbol team."

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David Beckham

"Victoria and I were brought up with strong discipline by our parents and to have respect for people, and our boys have definitely got that," the soccer star (with sons Brooklyn, Cruz and Romeo at Rio's World Cup final) told Man About Town magazine in 2013. "They're very polite boys."

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Katie Holmes

"I didn't know how much love I had in me. It's overwhelming," Holmes (at a March 2014 NCAA game with daughter Suri in NYC) told Marie Claire of being a mom. "Every day I discover more about this spectacular human being I get to be the mother of."

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Candace Cameron Bure

"My husband and I are absolutely equals! But he is the man and head of our household," Cameron Bure tells Us of how her family (hubby Valeri Bure and kids Natasha, Lev, and Maksim, posing in March 2014 at the L.A. premiere of Muppets Most Wanted) operates. "I love being the heart of our household."

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Mark Wahlberg and Rhea Durham

Meet the mini Wahlbergs! The actor's kids, Ella, Michael, and Brendan (minus sis Grace), joined their parents at the premiere of Transformers: Age of Extinction in NYC. Wahlberg credits his family with helping him shake his former bad boy ways. "We continue to grow in our relationship," he has told Us. "Committing to making it work and all the other things that go into building a solid foundation is where I'm at now."

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James Van Der Beek

"Outnumbered by kids, outnumbered by girls, outlandishly grateful and thrilled," Van Der Beek (bonding with son, Joshua, at a Julius Jr. toy event in 2014) has said of family life at home with his son, wife Kimberly and daughters Olivia and Annabel.

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Melissa Rycroft-Strickland

"She is an awesome big sister," the Bachelor alum (at a Julius Jr. event with her daughter in June 2014) tells Us of how Ava is interacting with her baby brother, Beckett, born in April 2014. "She gives me diapers and helps me give him baths."

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Mario Lopez

"Gia's growing into this little adult — her personality is so vivacious and exuberant — and it's really cool," Courtney Lopez (posing with her daughter and husband at the L.A. premiere of Planes: Fire & Rescue in July 2014) tells Us. The couple are also parents to son Dominic, born in September 2013.

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Giuliana Rancic

"He's an All-American boy just like his dad," Rancic told Us of her toddler, Duke, who posed with his mom at the LG Junior Chef Academy event in Culver City, Calif., in July 2014.

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Jessica Simpson

"Now I know what my life is about. I am so grateful," Simpson (with kids Maxwell and Ace and husband Eric Johnson in 2013) has said of becoming a mother and raising her son and daughter.