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Sarah Jessica Parkerthinks it’s important to be real with kids about responsibilities.Appearing on iHeartRadio’sTable for Two with Bruce Bozzi, theSex and the Citystar, 58, talked about the importance of teaching kids about the value of money.“You want your children to understand what it means to earn money, what it takes to earn money, the value of it,” she said. “They [should know] the expectations will be the same for them.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Bruce Glikas/WireImageParker, mom to daughtersTabitha Hodge and Marion Loretta Elwell, 13, and sonJames Wilkie, 20, explained that she agreed with Dolly Parton’s philosophy of taking care of a child’s needs, but not all of their wants.“I think it’s a great way of living for children, that their needs are met — to be fed, safe and loved. The important things in life: books and food and interesting experiences, and they’re warm in the winter and cool in summer,” she continued.“But they should pine for things, they should want things. And we should also be interested in, how do they contribute to the things, at a certain point?”Sarah Jessica Parker attends Valentino Garavani Virtual Museum Launch party at the IAC Headquarters on December 7, 2011.Parker shares her three children with husbandMatthew Broderick, to whom she’s been married since 1997.“Idon’t know the secretat all, but I, you know, I’m very grateful and I love her,” Broderick said on SiriusXM’sQuarantined with Brucein 2020. “It’s amazing. I mean, I can’t believe that it’s been that long. It doesn’t feel like it.”

Sarah Jessica Parkerthinks it’s important to be real with kids about responsibilities.

Appearing on iHeartRadio’sTable for Two with Bruce Bozzi, theSex and the Citystar, 58, talked about the importance of teaching kids about the value of money.

“You want your children to understand what it means to earn money, what it takes to earn money, the value of it,” she said. “They [should know] the expectations will be the same for them.”

Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.

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Sarah Jessica Parker, James Wilkie Broderick, Tabitha Hodge Broderick, Marion Loretta Elwell Broderick and Matthew Broderick

Parker, mom to daughtersTabitha Hodge and Marion Loretta Elwell, 13, and sonJames Wilkie, 20, explained that she agreed with Dolly Parton’s philosophy of taking care of a child’s needs, but not all of their wants.

“I think it’s a great way of living for children, that their needs are met — to be fed, safe and loved. The important things in life: books and food and interesting experiences, and they’re warm in the winter and cool in summer,” she continued.

“But they should pine for things, they should want things. And we should also be interested in, how do they contribute to the things, at a certain point?”

Sarah Jessica Parker attends Valentino Garavani Virtual Museum Launch party at the IAC Headquarters on December 7, 2011.

Sarah Jessica Parker attends Valentino Garavani Virtual Museum Launch party

Parker shares her three children with husbandMatthew Broderick, to whom she’s been married since 1997.

“Idon’t know the secretat all, but I, you know, I’m very grateful and I love her,” Broderick said on SiriusXM’sQuarantined with Brucein 2020. “It’s amazing. I mean, I can’t believe that it’s been that long. It doesn’t feel like it.”

source: people.com