Jennifer Lawrence and Viola Davis talk motherhood, moments when they'd 'almost killed' their kids

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Jennifer Lawrence and Viola Davis sat down for an intimate conversation as part of Variety's Actors on Actors series, where they bonded over the complexities of motherhood.Lawrence, 32, welcomed her first child, son Cy, with her husband Cooke Maroney in April, while Davis, 57, and her husband of nearly 20 years, Julius Tennon, share 12-year-old daughter Genesis.At one point during the sit-down, Davis recalled the moment when she'd accidentally locked her daughter in the car as a baby and how those 'seconds' of fear left her 'traumatized.'This inspired Lawrence to share a time when she'd forgotten to buckle in newborn Cy in the backseat of her own vehicle.

She joked that it's at least 'good to know that we all almost kill our kids.' Bonding: Jennifer Lawrence and Viola Davis sat down for an intimate conversation as part of Variety's Actors on Actors series , where they bonded over the complexities of motherhoodDavis opened the conversation by lamenting about how people are no longer able to connect with one another because we're all 'perpetrating a fraud,' including when it comes to their families.'Listen, everything that we do as actors helps people feel less alone,' The Help actress began. 'We're living in a world now where we're so disconnected from ourselves that we can't connect with other people.

And that's because everybody is perpetrating a fraud. I mean, everybody!'She said that after becoming a mother, herself, she realized that none of the mothers she came in contact with were willing to speak honestly about their children and, instead, chose to paint them as perfection. 'I became a mom.

Every mom I've run into, all of their kids are gifted. None of their kids have any issues. All of their kids come home with.