Current:Home > ContactJenna Bush Hager says 'mama's done' after losing kid at daughter's birthday party -RiseUp Capital Academy
Jenna Bush Hager says 'mama's done' after losing kid at daughter's birthday party
View
Date:2025-04-27 20:52:17
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! (295)
Related
- Taylor Swift Eras Archive site launches on singer's 35th birthday. What is it?
- Sebastian Stan Looks Unrecognizable as Donald Trump in Apprentice Movie
- Rose Previte, of D.C.'s Michelin star restaurant Maydān, releases her debut cookbook
- Love Buddy from 'Elf'? This company will pay you $2,500 to whip up a dish inspired by him.
- A South Texas lawmaker’s 15
- Families of 3 Black victims in fatal Florida Dollar General shooting plead for end to gun violence
- Sen. Scott joins DeSantis in calling for resignation of state GOP chair amid rape investigation
- Super Bowl LVIII: Nickelodeon to air a kid-friendly, SpongeBob version of the big game
- The 401(k) millionaires club keeps growing. We'll tell you how to join.
- China raises stakes in cyberscam crackdown in Myanmar, though loopholes remain
Ranking
- Scoot flight from Singapore to Wuhan turns back after 'technical issue' detected
- What does the NCAA proposal to pay players mean for college athletics?
- North Carolina farms were properly approved to collect energy from hog waste, court says
- Where did all the veterinarians go? Shortage in Kentucky impacts pet owners and farmers
- Travis Hunter, the 2
- Tuberville is ending blockade of most military nominees, clearing way for hundreds to be approved
- Love Buddy from 'Elf'? This company will pay you $2,500 to whip up a dish inspired by him.
- Massachusetts budget approval allows utilities to recoup added cost of hydropower corridor
Recommendation
Newly elected West Virginia lawmaker arrested and accused of making terroristic threats
What does the NCAA proposal to pay players mean for college athletics?
The Excerpt podcast: Israel targets south Gaza; civilians have few options for safety
Family sues Panera, saying its caffeinated lemonade led to Florida man’s cardiac arrest
San Francisco names street for Associated Press photographer who captured the iconic Iwo Jima photo
Lawyers for woman accusing Dani Alves of sexual assault seek maximum 12-year sentence for player
Two separate earthquakes, magnitudes 5.1 and 3.5, hit Hawaii, California; no tsunami warning
Can you answer these 60 Christmas trivia questions on movies, music and traditions?