Instagram post, shared on Saturday, Jan. 23, Mendes posted an image of a Tweet from Latinxparenting. "Let your kids call you out.
It's not disrespect. It's healthy. Kids can be so fiercely aligned with their value that they will take nothing less than the respect they deserve.
They will take no BS. Not even from you," the post read. "Congratulations, you are raising an empowered child."Mendes, who is a mother to daughters Esmerelda, 6, and Amada, 4, with partner Ryan Gosling, thanked the parenting channel for the "important reminder."The "Hitch" actress went on to explain why she has been absent from the social media site for nearly a month."I haven't posted lately because my little one told me I was on the phone too much.
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