Sarah Jessica Parker is taking steps to encourage her kids to have a healthier relationship with food and nutrition than she did when she was growing up.

Appearing on the Ruthies Table 4 podcast this week, the Sex and the City actor said she doesnt set strict rules about the amount of sugar her 14-year-old twins, Tabitha and Marion, consume.

When I had girls, I didnt want them to have a relationship with food that was antagonistic, or they felt like this was their enemy, Parker explained in a clip from the episode . When I was growing up, we werent allowed sugar in the house, and we werent allowed cookies, and we werent allowed chocolate.

And, of course, all we did, the minute we moved out, was buy Entenmanns cakes and cookies, and I didnt want that, she said. In our house, we have cookies, we have cake, we have everything. And I think as a result, you kind of have a healthier relationship.