How Mindy Kaling Raves About Her Two Children and parenting

Katherine and Spencer

The actress and writer have two kids: Katherine and Spencer. Actress, writer and comedian Mindy Kaling has her hands full as a mother of two kids.

Kaling's tribe

Since announcing her first pregnancy in 2017, Kaling has been busy raising her children. In 2021, she told media that "it takes a community" to raise daughter Katherine Swati, 4, and son Spencer Avu, 23 months. Kaling's tribe includes her nanny, her father Avu, and Reese Witherspoon, whom she calls a "wonderful parenting resource."Kaling's relationship with her mother, who died in 2012, inspired how she raised Katherine and Spencer. "It finally dawned on me that my child will never know her grandmother," she wrote.

"I knew that the one thing that would unite our lives was our faith, which had been passed down to me and I would now pass on to my daughter."Since Katherine and Spencer's births, Kaling has hidden their faces. "I should wait until they're old enough to tell me if they want to be on my social media," Kaling told Media. Sticking to her strategy isn't simple. "I'm a proud mom," she said. "They're so cute, and I want everyone to see it."

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Katherine Swati. Kit’s name

On Dec. 15, 2017, Kaling welcomed daughter Katherine Swati. Kit was named after Katherine Hepburn and Kaling's late mother, Swati, who died of pancreatic cancer in 2012. Kaling prefers to keep her children's life private, but she has revealed Kit's mischievous side. In 2019, she quipped on The Ellen Show, "I didn't know how much bribing parenting included." "She's always like Tony Soprano. She's brilliant and mob-like."

Kobe Bryant jersey for ballet class

The actress later said she doesn't see much of herself in her daughter. "I was a shy, diffident kid who was apprehensive of unfamiliar settings," she said. "She's not. She's talkative "Kit trick-or-treated at strangers' houses on Halloween. Kit "loves physical exercise" and is a "tomboy," Kaling said. Kit wouldn't take off her Kobe Bryant jersey for ballet class, so she wore it over her tutu and tights. "As a Lakers fan, I couldn't be happier," Kaling told media.

Kit is also a big sister to Spencer, although Kaling admits it takes some time to acclimatise. The actress revealed the 4-year-old is a tattletale on Today. "She was apathetic to her younger brother, but now she can say, "Mom, he ate a pretzel off the floor." Trouble him!'" "I say, "Okay." We needn't snitch on our brother. He's not hurting anyone by eating a floor pretzel "Joked Kaling.

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Santa Claus of every Christmas

Kit's godfather is Kaling's Office costar and best friend B.J. Novak, who dresses up as Santa Claus every Christmas. Fans have long theorised that Novak could be Kaling's father, but she told Marie Claire in 2022 that it "doesn't upset" her. "He's the godparent to both my kids, and they have a terrific relationship," she said. "The rumours haven't harmed my happiness, my kids, or BJ."Kaling hid her second pregnancy because of COVID-19. In October 2020, she announced she had given birth to a child, Spencer Avu, in Los Angeles on Sept. 3.

Spencer, nicknamed Spike, was named after actor Spencer Tracy and Kaling's father, Avu, "the hero of my family."Kaling wrote on Instagram on Spencer's first birthday, "I had Spencer during Covid and it was a strange, secluded time, but the instant I saw him I knew he would make everything right." Spencer beelines to you once you make eye contact with him.Kaling said a traditional childhood activity involves crashing toy automobiles and trucks. "He'll toss a truck across the room or hit someone with it," she said. "It doesn't hurt, so he says 'Uh oh' like it was a mistake.