Drew Barrymore Doesn't FaceTime Her Kids Because 'It's Disruptive'

Being an actor and a parent must be tough since there's a lot of travel involved that keeps entertainers from their families, but when Drew Barrymore is away from her kids, she refuses to FaceTime with them because she feels "it's disruptive."

Drew opened up on Instagram about how she learned the hard way that FaceTime isn't the best way to communicate with her five-year-old daughter Olive

She explained, "My FaceTime would come out of nowhere into her world, and it would be so disruptive. Neither of us felt good after. But she’s young and that will change when she gets older."

But just because she doesn't FaceTime doesn't mean Drew isn't in touch with her daughters. When Olive was away at camp, the Never Been Kissed star sent her a postcard every day. Drew explained that she's "old school."

She added that being a working mom to Olive and almost four-year-old Frankie has led to a lot of challenges, writing, "I feel guilty as hell for being away (and what mother doesn’t?!) but I try a way to empower me and my kids into something more positive. I don’t blame work, I own the responsibility. I will be patient when she is upset if I am away."

Drew described how she handles her work situation:

"I always explain to her that I love my job. I don't say, 'I have to go work' with a grimace on my face, because I fear it will make her feel negative about something a lot of moms must do to provide. My friend once said, 'Never make your child feel like work is the bad thing taking you away from them' and I realized a lot of us tend to do that to try to make our kids feel better and that work is the yucky thing taking us away."

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