Why Penélope Cruz Isn’t Worried About Aging Ahead of Her 50th Birthday – E! Online

It’s clear Penélope isn’t one for playing by the rules.

After all, she and husband Javier Bardem have taken a unique approach to keeping their children—Luna, 10, and Leo, 12—out of the spotlight. In fact, the couple doesn’t even allow their pre-teens to have phones. 

“It’s so easy to be manipulated, especially if you have a brain that is still forming,” Penélope explained of her and Javier’s parenting decision. “And who pays the price? Not us, not our generation, who, maybe at 25, learned how a BlackBerry worked.”

She added, “It’s a cruel experiment on children, on teenagers.”

As for whether or not her kids want to work in entertainment? “It’s for them to decide if they are going to have a job that is more exposed to the public or not,” Penélope noted. “They can talk about that when they’re ready.”