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\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n Reese Witherspoon<\/strong><\/a> is opening up about tough conversations she\u2019s had with her children.<\/p>\n The Legally Blonde<\/em> icon is a mom to Ava<\/strong><\/a> and Deacon<\/strong><\/a>, whom she shares with ex Ryan Phillippe<\/strong><\/a>, and Tennessee<\/strong><\/a>, whom she shares with ex Jim Toth<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n During a recent podcast appearance, she spoke candidly about why it was important to let your children fail at things. Reese <\/strong>even revealed a time when she talked to her Ava <\/strong>about not being good at something. <\/p>\n Read more aobut Reese Witherspoon\u2019s policy\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI see this a lot with parents. I don\u2019t know when we stopped letting our kids fail,\u201d Reese mused on Good Inside with Dr. Becky<\/a><\/em> podcast, via BuzzFeed News<\/a>.<\/p>\n She continued, saying, \u201cI think learning from failure is actually a valuable tool that you can\u2019t take away from kids. You rob them if you don\u2019t let them sit in the discomfort of the experience.\u201d<\/p>\n For instance, Reese <\/strong>referenced Ava<\/strong>\u2018s attempts to become a basketball player, which did not go according to plan. <\/p>\n \u201cShe couldn\u2019t do the layups, she just couldn\u2019t get the coordination with the dribbling \u2014 she just didn\u2019t like it,\u201d the actress recalled. After one particularly bad game, Reese <\/strong>broached the topic with Ava<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \u201cI said, \u2018You know what\u2026 maybe you\u2019re not good at basketball,\u2019\u201d she revealed. \u201cShe was like, \u2018What! How can you tell me I\u2019m not good at something?\u2019 I was like, \u2018It\u2019s actually really important to learn what you\u2019re not good at.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n On the topic of Reese<\/strong>\u2018s kids, did you see that Deacon <\/strong>stripped down for a racy magazine photoshoot<\/a>?<\/p>\n We also got an update on what\u2019s going on with Legally Blonde 3<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n