- "Sister Sister" and "The Game" star Tia Mowry says it's important to her to be a "cool mom."
- Mowry has two kids with husband Cory Hardrict.
- She told Insider that moms can still be "all" of themselves, including sexy, dominant, and assertive.
Tia Mowry went into motherhood with a plan: "I've always wanted to be the cool Mom."
In an interview promoting her latest partnership with Kelley Blue Book to help announce the brand's Best Family Cars of 2022 list, Mowry told Insider that in her opinion becoming a mom "doesn't necessarily mean that you have to lose yourself or lose who you were before you were a mother."
"It's all about just staying true to who you are. I feel like women, we are so freaking powerful. Just because you're a mom, it doesn't mean that you cannot express your sexuality," she continued. "You can still be sexy. You still can be dominant. You still can be assertive. You can still be all of you."
Mowry and her husband Cory Hardrict have two children, Cairo Tiahna, 3, and Cree Taylor, 9. Mowry balances her acting career (she has a role in the Netflix sitcom "Family Reunion" and recently guest starred on "A Black Lady Sketch Show") with caring for her family, managing her cookware and supplement lines, and being hilarious on TikTok.
"It doesn't mean that you have to give up on yourself or lose yourself or lose your goals and your aspirations," Mowry said of parenting. "So hell yeah, I'm a cool Mom."
Cool or not, Mowry still thinks about safety and security like every other parent, which is why she partnered with Kelley Blue Book to promote the Best Family Cars using the company's "95 years of experience." Mowry is "all about singing and playing music and just having a good time in the car," but she wants to know that the car she's singing "We Don't Talk About Bruno" to Cairo and listening to hip-hop music with Cree in is a safe one.
"I'm sure a lot of families think the way I think. They don't just look at a car as a mode of transportation," she said. "They want to make sure that the car they're getting is one they can trust when it comes to safety."
"I have this really cool feature in my car that's important to me. Even if I'm just crossing over in a lane, it kind of just kind of shakes the car just a little bit," she added.
Mowry can relate to turning to resources like Kelley Blue Book. She told Insider she's often perusing #MomTok to learn about others' experiences. "I am definitely a scroller," she said.
"When I think of being a parent, I think of parenthood. I think of community. I think of support systems," Mowry said.