Mandy Moore knows how to travel with her kids. She hands them a tablet for some screen time.
Not that the children have carte blanche on what they could watch.
“I was just on a trip with my kids where there are really no rules. It’s like you could eat everything you want on the plane and have as much screen time as you want. Let’s just get from point A to point B as easily as possible,” the actress tells me. “I think the entire two-hour flight home, both boys were doing ABCmouse. I feel safe sitting next to them. Like I don’t have to hover. I know they’re not going to go down some rabbit hole. It’s fun to see them look up after each level and be like, ‘I love this. I feel smart. I can do this.’ It’s very sweet.”
Moore and her musician husband Taylor Goldsmith have sons Gus, 5, and Ozzie, 3, and daughter Lou, 2.
“I don’t have any self-control when it comes to like limiting my digital time on my phone, so I’m a big fan of the Brick,” she says, referring to the popular app-blocking tool. “Other than that, I love the convenience of everything the phone offers us and whatnot. But it also is really easy to get sucked into just life solely existing there. I am happy to try to find that delicate dance and balance.”
Meanwhile, Moore is gearing up for the premiere of “The Land,” her new Hulu series that marks a reunion for her and “This Is Us” creator Dan Fogelman.
The show, which also stars Christopher Meloni, William H. Macy, Chloe Bennet and Chace Crawford, follows a family that owns an NFL team. Moore plays a daughter of the team owner (Macy) who will stop at nothing to inherit the top job one day.
“If you love football, if you love family drama, it’s like ‘Friday Night Lights’ and ‘Succession’ all kind of rolled into one,” Moore says.
Mandy Moore and husband Taylor Goldsmith at the 67th Grammy Awards at the Crypto.com Arena in February 2025 in Los Angeles.
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