Sarah Michelle Gellar Slays Being a Mom of a Back-to-School Teenager

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By Jo Anne Hubert , Parent Herald Sep 19, 11:38 am

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The actress is prepared to face the back-to-school season as a mom, especially since she now has a teenager in middle school.

Sarah Michelle Gellar, 45, stated that she knows firsthand how difficult it is to be a girl in middle school. Thus, she is ensuring that she is with her daughter, Charlotte, who turns 13 tomorrow, every step of the way in this new season of her life.

The star of "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" believes parents need to be good listeners to their children, especially teenagers, because these kids do not go to their parents for advice, Today Parents reported.

Social Media is not allowed

This mother revealed that she does not yet allow Charlotte to be on social media.

Not that she is being forced against it, but her daughter understands. Charlotte is not that interested in social media, but she gets where her mom is coming from and why her mom's rule on social media is a big no yet.

Gellar said that there would be a "right time" for it. Charlotte will be allowed once she feels her daughter is ready for it.

Currently filming the Paramount+ series "Wolf Pack" and serving as executive producer and actress in the show, she said that her kids claim they live in the "strictest household around." Yet, she thinks that the kids like these rules and guidelines. They may push these rules a little, but they know they are not yet ready for "free rein."

"School Sign" Mom

Aside from Charlotte, Gellar is also mother to 9-year-old son Rocky. She parents them both with her husband, Freddie Prinze Jr.

She slays as a mom, which was seen when she flew to Los Angeles from filming in another state so she won't miss her children's first day of school. Distance and work will not hinder her from taking the "sign pictures." After taking the photos, she dropped them off at school and flew back to filming.

Gellar and Prinze celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary this month, and she said that having children was their best decision.

"It's not about what we want to do; it's about, is the homework done? All of a sudden you're thinking about somebody else. You've created these beings and you're responsible for them and if you take that as seriously as we both do, it bonds you in a different way," the actress expressed.

Gellar posted a black and white photo of them during their wedding on Instagram. Prinze was kissing her hand while she lovingly looked at him. She continued posting a few more photos on her Instagram stories, one of which was an interview of Prinze by Howard Stern before they married.

During this said interview, Stern asked Prince if he was sure to marry Gellar even if it will not last, to which Prinze replied that it will "absolutely" last. The actress even tagged Stern saying that he owes them.