Savannah Guthrie Explains Why She’s ‘Glad’ She’s an ‘Older’ Parent to 2 Kids
usmagazine.comThe ideal timeline! Savannah Guthrie was 42 and 44 when she welcomed daughter Vale and son Charley, respectively — and the Today show cohost is “glad” she’s an older mom.“By this time in life, you’ve seen a few things and you know how to weather the ups and downs,” the journalist, 50, told Good Housekeeping in her cover story with Hoda Kotb, published on Monday, March 21. “I’m glad my kids don’t have the stressed, anxious and insecure 30-year-old version of me.
The peace and calmness that comes with age is a great thing for kids to see in action.”The Aussie noted that “there are a lot of older parents” in New York City, so she and husband Michael Feldman “don’t stick out like sore thumb[s].”The Georgetown University grad explained, “Sometimes I wonder, on a Saturday afternoon when I’m really tired, ‘Do younger parents feel this way?’ And the answer is yes.
I know them, they’re my friends — and they’re exhausted. All parents have those moments of low energy and times they’re frustrated.
That’s just the nature of it.”Guthrie, who wed the former political advisor, 53, in March 2014 in Arizona, became a parent five months later when Vale arrived.
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