Although Scarlett Johansson achieved household fame and success through her work over the years, nothing brings the same joy as having a successful parenthood. On one hand, the actress was giving Marvel blockbusters; on the other, she still lives a very private family life.
Her personal life has gone through some challenges over the years, as the actress has had two divorces in the past. Johansson learned about splitting responsibility between co-parents and adapting to present-day family systems. Her two kids – daughter Rose and son Cosmo, represent separate stages that brought different experiences and challenges into her personal life.
Johansson openly discusses the experiences of being a mother. Through her parenting insights, she shares her loving and sometimes chaotic style of child-rearing. Her relationship with Rose, in particular, shows a special mother-daughter bond.
Scarlett Johansson and Rose bond over singing
Just like any woman, motherhood completely changed Scarlett Johansson‘s life. It is a transformative experience that extends beyond work achievements for her. The actress has two kids- Rose Dorothy, the elder one, born during her marriage with Romain Dauriac, and Cosmo, her son, born during her current marriage with Colin Jost.
Among many other things, music is the one thing that brings together mother and daughter. During a 2017 interview with Entertainment Tonight, Johansson admitted that her constant singing makes Rose occasionally frustrated with the habit.
I sing a lot, all day, probably much to her annoyance. Sometimes it’s songs she doesn’t want to hear, so she’ll just go, ‘No, no, no! Not that one.’ I’m like a jukebox — just press ‘skip.’ ‘Next!’
Despite that, it seems like Rose has inherited her mother’s musical gifts, as Johansson shared,
She’s really into Frozen — which lives on and on and on. It just never goes away. I mean, I love Frozen. She loves it too. She’s really good at singing ‘Let It Go.’ She’s got a good ear.
An insider earlier told Us Weekly that whenever Rose used to cry, Johansson was the one to calm her down.
When Rose is screaming, the nanny gives her to Scarlett. Scarlett is the only one that can calm her down. Scarlett has a beautiful voice, and Rose will stop crying immediately!
The actress openly talks about parenting difficulties, especially during the toddler years. During her earlier appearance in The Skinny Confidential Him & Her Podcast, she said,
I remember my daughter when she was 2, I said, ‘This is great. I don’t know what everybody is talking about.’ And then she turned 3, and it was like being in an emotionally abusive relationship.
Johansson shared how toddlers go through mood swings all the time and how “everything you do is not right” for the kids. However, despite being a global celebrity, her detailed understanding of parenting makes her quite relatable to everyone.
Rose doesn’t like to see Scarlett Johansson as a superhero
Rose has a unique approach to her mother’s Hollywood career. Although Johansson played the Marvel superhero Black Widow, Rose is “too scared” of watching the Marvel Cinematic Universe films. Johansson shared with People that Rose likes the fact that she portrayed Black Widow, but the action scenes in the movies made her too uncomfortable.
She likes that I play Black Widow, but she’s too scared to watch an Avengers movie…She’s just like, ‘It’s violent.’ I’m like, ‘Oh God.’
However, Johansson revealed that Rose likes her film Fly Me To The Moon and that she is more “excited about the hair and makeup mostly” as the mother feels “she’s girly.”
However, the actress has also been upset with her daughter for not watching Wicked with her. During an interview with Today, she said (via People),
I’m desperate to see it. My daughter saw it without me and I’m really upset about it!.. I’m going to make her go again, for sure. I’m sure she’d be happy to.
It subtly shows the kind of independent and “bossy” nature of Rose. In her appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Johansson once mentioned her daughter and said, “She’s a little bossy – I don’t know where she gets it from – and she’s very headstrong.”
The way Rose looks at her parents shows the unique perspective that celebrity children have toward their famous parents as they view them through an ordinary, sometimes even unimpressed, lens.
Scarlett Johansson teaches Rose modern dating
Johansson recently had a surprisingly honest discussion about dating when her 10-year-old daughter spoke to her. The topic of discussion was ‘Ghosting’. After her daughter cut off communication with someone who liked her, Johansson felt it would be the right time to teach Rose about empathy and effective communication.
During her recent appearance on Today With Jenna & Friends (via TikTok), she said,
I just had this conversations with my 10-year-old daughter about ghosting..because there was this little boy that liked her, and then she wasn’t feelings the same. And then she just stopped talking to him, straight up, and he felt terrible.
I introduced the ghosting concept. It really makes the other person feel terrible about themselves and it kind of sets them on this, like, spiral. I can say this because I’m so that person that’s the ghost. I hate confrontation. I hate it.
Johansson also shared her own experience of being ghosted, and she feels, “It haunts you for years.” She, however, makes sure that Rose understands the context and her boundaries. The actress shared,
The truth is, if they didn’t invite you, you were not invited. I say to my daughter too, I’m like, ‘People have boundaries. Sometimes friends want to hang out with other friends. That’s OK. That doesn’t mean they don’t like you.’
This conversation reveals Johansson’s approach to parenting, which is open, honest, and focused on emotional intelligence. Through early discussion of complex social problems, she prepares Rose for better relationships in the future, which shows how strong and special her bond with her daughter is.
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