Foster Mom

Look, she's just like us!
Ok, she's not exactly Betty Crocker down the street. But with Jodie Foster all over the news promoting her new movie, "The Brave One'' it got me thinking about her motherhood (Sorry, Jodie, since you're so famous we get to deconstruct your life).

Before I go there, though, what about the success of that film? I guess women don't necessarily have a problem with violence if there's a reason for it.

Anyway, back to Jodie as Mom. Over the last ten years or so, she seemed to be putting her career in the back seat to raise her two school-age sons, Charles and Kit. I remember reading that and thinking how rare it was for a star that big to opt to "work at home'' while her kids were little.

Foster has never revealed the paternity of her kids. She's been with the same partner, producer Cydney Bernard, for years. All sounds peachy keen. But what does she tell her kids when they start asking about Dad, who he is, and why he's not there? What would you do?