Current:Home > MyJenna Bush Hager says 'mama's done' after losing kid at daughter's birthday party -AssetScope
Jenna Bush Hager says 'mama's done' after losing kid at daughter's birthday party
View
Date:2025-04-13 23:52:36
Jenna Bush Hager is done holding back about the annoying parts of motherhood: "Mama's done."
That's the name of her new movement, started with her "Hoda & Jenna" co-host Hoda Kotb, after she lost a child at her daughter Mila's birthday party. On Monday's "Today" show, Bush Hager told Kotb that she took 15 girls to a waterpark at American Dream, the country's second-largest shopping mall, in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
But the story was complicated when Bush lost her youngest daughter Poppy's friend.
"I thought — I was a teacher, I took 24 kids on a subway in Washington, D.C. by myself — I got this. Well, turns out I didn't really have it, when it's your own children who don't listen to you the way your students did," the former first daughter of President George W. Bush and Laura Bush quipped.
The Essentials: Jenna Bush Hager getsreal about her book club, parenting and co-hosting 'Today' show
Bush Hager said she is "retiring" from waterparks, "ungrateful behavior" and big parties. She then added that she was done with threatening her kids with "things that are never going to come true" while Kotb said she's done with her two daughters, Haley and Hope, begging to stay up late.
Bush Hager has three children with her husband, Henry Hager: Mila, 11, Poppy, 8, and Hal, 4.
The "Read with Jenna" book club titan told USA TODAY's The Essentials that in addition to reading to her three kids on a nightly basis, the Hager family also enjoys listening to music together.
"We always have music on in the house," she said. "I feel like if I'm grumpy or tired, the easiest way for me to change my mood is to put on music, light a candle and dance around."
After 'mama's done' rant, Jenna Bush Hager asks followers what they're done with
On Instagram, Bush Hager recounted the story from Monday's show and asked her followers what they were done with.
HGTV's "Home Town" star Erin Napier, who stars on the show with her husband Ben Napier, commented that "mama’s done with germy children’s museums and indoor play places."
"I'm done with party favors. If I have said it once, I've said it a thousand times: THE PARTY IS THE FAVOR! We as moms need to unite against the junk bag or the cookie on the way out the door. Just have the party and go home! #mamasdone," one user commented on her post.
"Im done with youth sports being so competitive--- what happened to FUN in sports?" another said.
veryGood! (668)
Related
- Current, future North Carolina governor’s challenge of power
- JetBlue informs Spirit “certain conditions” of $3.8 billion buyout deal may not be met by deadline
- New Hampshire veteran admits to faking his need for a wheelchair to claim $660,000 in extra benefits
- Harry Connick Jr. shares that his dad, Harry Connick Sr., has died at 97
- What to watch: O Jolie night
- Shirtless Jason Kelce wanted to break table at Bills-Chiefs game; wife Kylie reeled him in
- Utah joins list of states to pass a bill banning diversity programs in government and on campus
- Having trouble finding remote work? Foreign companies might hire you.
- Stamford Road collision sends motorcyclist flying; driver arrested
- Jannik Sinner ends 10-time champion Novak Djokovic’s unbeaten streak in Australian Open semifinals
Ranking
- San Francisco names street for Associated Press photographer who captured the iconic Iwo Jima photo
- 2 lucky New Yorkers win scratch-off games worth millions
- Mississippi’s top court says it won’t reconsider sex abuse conviction of former friar
- Georgia Senate passes a panel with subpoena power to investigate District Attorney Fani Willis
- Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow owns a $3 million Batmobile Tumbler
- Remains found on serial killer's Indiana estate identified as man missing since 1993
- Lions could snap Detroit's 16-year title drought: Here's the last time each sport won big
- Nicole Kidman couldn't shake off her 'Expats' character: 'It became a part of who I was'
Recommendation
Macy's says employee who allegedly hid $150 million in expenses had no major 'impact'
Ingenuity, NASA's little Mars helicopter, ends historic mission after 72 flights
Furry surprise in theft suspect’s pocket: A tiny blue-eyed puppy
Why Fans Think Megan Thee Stallion’s New Song Reignited Feud With Nicki Minaj
How to watch the 'Blue Bloods' Season 14 finale: Final episode premiere date, cast
Biden administration warned Iran before terror attack that killed over 80 in Kerman, U.S. officials say
Atlanta Falcons hiring Raheem Morris as next head coach
Biden calls regional partners ahead of CIA chief’s meeting in push for another Gaza hostage deal