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01st Aug 2017

The one word Blake Lively refuses to use to describe her daughters

And it's not what you'd expect.

Orlaith Condon

This word is not being uttered in the Lively/Renolds house.

Mum-of-two Blake Lively says there are a few words she refuses to use to describe her two daughters, James and Inez.

Blake has been speaking about raising her children with confidence and says there is one word that doesn’t fit in with that belief – bossy.

“We’ve joked that my daughter is bossy,”she told Glamour.

“But my husband said, ‘I don’t ever want to use that word again. You’ve never heard a man called bossy.’

“There would never be any negative connotation for a man being a boss.

“So to add negative connotation on a woman being bossy? It’s belittling.

“And it doesn’t encourage them to be a boss.”

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The actress says she wants to encourage her children to be leaders and make their own decisions without worrying about being called ‘bossy’ and what that could mean.