Uphumelele kwi-psyclocal ye-psycholocy yeyunivesithi yaseHarvard Natalie Portman ngumama wabantwana ababini: uAleuta, ngo-2011, kunye ne-Amalia, eyiminyaka emithathu kuphela ubudala. Ngexesha loPortintine Portman wabhala incwadi yabantwana "BASNI Natalie Portman", eya kuthengisa nge-20 ka-Okthobha. Incwadi ikhokelele amabali e-classi, anjengokuthi "iihagu ezintathu" kunye "ne-hare kunye nefudu", kwisitshixo esidla ngokusini esisini.
Kwakupholile kakhulu ukwenza abantwana incwadi. Ndibathanda kakhulu, kwaye kubalulekile ukuba ndibe nendlela ebonakalayo yolu thando, oya kubanceda. Ndaye ndabona ukuba iincwadi zenzelwe intombi yam zahluke kakhulu kwiincwadi zonyana wam. Bendifuna bobabini ukuba bafunde amabali eklasi. Ndidinga amabali aqhelekileyo anabalinganiswa ababonisa umhlaba wethu, oquka inani elilinganayo lamadoda nabafazi. Ke ngoko, ndabhala incwadi ngokwam.
Kumbuzo weentatheli, uLi Portualman wayejonge nabantwana "iimfazwe zenkanyezi", apho walambayo, umosi weqonga uphendule:
Ke ibaluleke kakhulu ukuba yinxalenye yento ebalulekileyo ebantwaneni. Andikabi sababonisa iifilimu zokuthatha kwam ukuthatha inxaxheba kwam. Kubonakala kum ukuba abakakulungeli ukuba ndibone ngandlela ithile kwahlukile kumama wabo. Ndandinethamsanqa lokuba yinxalenye yento ekwingcinga yomntwana ngamnye. Inomdla kakhulu ukuba ikwazi ukukholisa abantwana bam.