Oh, the pressures of being a a celebrity mom. Uma Thurman, who has two kids, daughter, Maya, 11, and Levon, seven with her ex-husband Ethan Hawke, puts pressure on herself to be the perfect mom. Especially when it comes to her children’s birthdays.

“I get caught up in the birthday party situation… I had a pirate party for my son and I designed this cake myself….

“I cut the cake up, pass it around, and one boy turns to my son and says, ‘Brown sugar, that’s disgusting!’ And my son, who I’d hyped up with so much effort, just fell apart crying. What the hell are you going to do about it? I try too hard.

“In the end, there’s all the hysteria, the desperate effort, that create an overdoing, so that makes someone else resentful, so that they to turn to a 6-year-old and say, ‘Your cake sucks.’ Of course, I overdid it a bit. As my mother said, my name should be “Overdo It Uma.” I never feel like I’ve done enough.”

I wonder if Hollywood families could ever just get away with buying a sheet cake from the local grocery store. Put on a few candles, and there you have it. Birthday cake! I doubt it. There are too many mommies like Uma out there trying to overdo it, and possibly outdo the other kids’ parties.

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