Danica McKellar shared her secret for making sure she doesn’t let her son’s childhood pass her by.
“When I got married, I remember people telling me, ‘It’s gonna fly right by, the day is gonna be over,’ right? Much like people say that childhood flies by, right?” she explained during an episode of the “Jefferson Fisher Podcast.”
McKellar shared that people told her “take a moment here and there” during her wedding day to “take a mental snapshot — ‘I’m here at my wedding right now’…try to do that a few times.”
“So I will sit Draco [McKellar’s son, 15] down all the time [and say] ’Draco, let’s just sit down on the floor and stare at each other for a minute,’” the actress shared, saying she’ll tell her son, “‘This is you, right now.’”
McKellar joked, “He rolls his eyes, but he also kind of likes it. I think he feels seen.”
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The WONDER YEARS star has previously shared her commitment to being a present parent. In a 2025 interview with Parents, McKellar pointed out that, as her son is 15, “I have just two-and-a-half more years with him at home.”
“It’s all about being present in the moment,” she said. “I try to remember the bigger picture of where I am in my child’s childhood. How do I remember to embrace and absorb this now? Because it’s amazing to me that for most of our lives, the most years we will know our child is as an adult.”
Since discovering her Christian faith, McKellar said parenting has become a lot easier.
“Faith guides everything, including parenting,” she told Fox News. “For me, my faith journey has led me to the most comforting place of knowing that I can consult with God at any time.”
The actress explained, “I used to spend a lot more time worrying and stressing out about how to make decisions and what to do next,” but now, she can put her trust in God’s plan.
“Knowing it’s in God’s hands means that even when things happen that I don’t think I want to have happen, I can say, ‘Well, let me just be curious about this. I wonder what the big plan is that I can’t see,’” she said.
McKellar might be a busy actress, but she makes sure to take time to be truly present as a mom, remembering every moment.
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