Hilary Duff in December 2023.Photo:Vivien Killilea/Getty
Vivien Killilea/Getty
The idea of having four children would stress many people out, but notHilary Duff.
Since welcoming her fourth child, daughter Townes, in May, the 37-year-old singer and actress has noticed she’s the “chillest” of all her babies. Duff, however, has also become calmer in her parenting approach as her family has grown.
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“Normally, I’d be panicked,” recalls theHow I Met Your Fatherstar, “and now I’m waiting, waiting, ‘Oh good, you worked it out.’ You know what I mean? There’s just a coolness to me, finally, on the fourth kid that makes life a lot more tolerable right now.”
Hilary Duff in October 2024.Frazer Harrison/Getty
Frazer Harrison/Getty
Another thing making life easier for Duff at the moment — especially in the midst of the holiday season — isMeta AI, which she’s recently become “obsessed” with after initially feeling “scared of it.” She’s currently partnering with Meta to promote the service, available for free on Instagram, WhatsApp, Facebook, Messenger and Ray-Ban Meta glasses.
“I’ve used it for coming up with all of my gifting lists for the holidays, plus ideas. So obviously, I’m shopping for a toddler, a 3-year-old, a 6-year-old, a 12-year-old and then multiple other ages of people,” she explains. “I had to bring an appetizer somewhere the other day, and I was like, ‘Give me three, off-the-beaten-path appetizers, so I can wow people.'”
Meta AI works for many uses, and Duff’s gotten especially clever with utilizing the product as a mom.
“I was walking into a middle school meeting [for Luca], and I never went to middle school,” says the former child star. “Obviously, I have a 12-year-old who I’m in tune with, and in touch with, and I know him. But I’m like, ‘Okay, Meta AI, tell me five really great questions to ask a middle school counselor.’ And it was just like bang, bang, bang, bang.”
“All of a sudden, I was prepared for the meeting, so that was pretty sick,” adds Duff.
source: people.com
