Viola Davis Opens Up About Parenting Mistakes And Judgment

Viola Davis knows that parenting today comes with a lot of pressure.

"When you have a child, you want to be a perfect mother. You feel like you have the absolute plan to be a perfect mother -- and then you make a mistake, and we all make mistakes," the actress told People magazine at the Tribeca Film Festival premiere of her movie "Custody."

"We all at some point lock our kid in a car by accident or lose our kid in the mall for 30 seconds or more," she added. "I know one girl who’s a fantastic mother, [but] she lost her daughter in an aquarium for 30 minutes."

Davis, who adopted her daughter Genesis as a newborn in 2011, has experienced the highs and lows of parenting firsthand.

"You have those moments: exhaustion, the stress of having an exuberant child, and you don’t want to be judged by your worst mistakes," she told People. "It’s a part of life, and it’s a part of what makes us who we are."

Preach!