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\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n Oscar winners Jennifer Hudson<\/strong><\/a> and Common<\/strong><\/a> have been dating for several years and they recently made some rare comments about their relationship when she interviewed him<\/a> for her talk show.<\/p>\n Now, Common<\/strong>\u2018s mom Dr. Mahalia Hines<\/strong> is the latest guest on the show!<\/p>\n Mahalia<\/strong> was on the show to promote her book \u201cTomorrow\u2019s Children: How to Raise Children to Stay Human in a High Tech Society\u201d and she discussed her feelings on parents being friends with their kids.<\/p>\n Keep reading to find out more\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cYou are not your child\u2019s friend \u2014 you are their parent,\u201d Mahalia <\/strong>said. \u201cAnd your job is not to be liked, it\u2019s to be right. One of the things I say, if you give up that authority, you\u2019re gonna lose respect because they will begin talking to you and acting like you.\u201d <\/p>\n \u201cMy son did not drink around me until he was almost 35 \u2014 and that was at a dinner,\u201d she added. \u201cThe reason being, we aren\u2019t friends. I\u2019m not gonna sit around and drink with you. We can be friendly, but we\u2019re not friends.\u201d <\/p>\n Watch videos from the interview below!<\/p>\n \n