Mila Kunis Believes Her Jewish Upbringing Caused This Parenting Concern

Give me an example in your family to something that's culturally Jewish. Guilt. Guilt. I was raised with a lot of guilt. Mila Kunis is opening up about parenting, her culture, and her holiday traditions. The actress joined Israeli activist Noah Tishby on her YouTube channel to light candles for the second night of Hanukkah. During the conversation, the mom of two spoke about her Jewish upbringing and how it's led to one of her constant parenting concerns. I think I have a fear of not having enough food. My fear of someone being hungry. The worst thing my kids can say to me is, I'm hungry. I'm hungry. I'm dying. Food fixes everything. You're tired? Eat some food. You're cranky? Eat some food. Health person's going to say this is unhealthy and that we're doing something wrong, and I understand. I'm working on it. But it is just something that's embedded in me. Mila and husband Ashton Kutcher share 10-year-old daughter Wyatt and 8-year-old son Dimitri. In the video, Kunis explains while she grew up culturally Jewish, she didn't identify with the religious aspect until later in life. I never lit Hanukkah candles until I had kids. So many people tell me that. But I grew up doing nothing. So you were born and raised in Ukraine, and then you moved here at what age? Eight. You always knew you were Jewish, like you come from a Jewish family. I always knew I was Jewish, but I was told to never talk about it. Interesting. Why is that? I think because I was in a country that didn't allow for religion. I was raised culturally Jewish. So for me, it's a culture. And as I had kids, and my kids very much identify with the religion aspect of it, I'm like, okay, I guess we'll do Shabbos, and we'll do the candles, and there's so much beautiful tradition in it. It happened when I met my husband. Oh, who is not Jewish, but is very Jewish. Exactly. Interesting. By choice. Yeah. By choice. I was like, why would you choose this? I fell in love with my religion because he explained it to me. After revealing her hubby played a role in getting back in touch with her religion, she called him in front of cameras as they went to light the candles. Someone call a real Jew. Hi, babe. Quick question. When you light the menorah, do you light from right to left or left to right? It's right to left, babe. I thought it's right to left, and now- The internet says it's left to right. Left to right. You load them right to left. Yes. But you light them, you start with the center candle. Yes. Like the anchor candle, and then you light them left to right. When in doubt about Judaism, call Ashton Kutcher, I guess. Second candle of Hanukkah. Let's do it. Back in October, the actress spoke to Access Hollywood about her children's afterschool activities. I tell my kids all the time, it's really good. You have to learn how to get over these things. That's why sports is really good. Losing is really great. It's learning how to lose. It's learning how to get back up. It's really important. She's a really good mom, by the way. I've watched her in action. And what are your kids into these days? Flag football and horseback riding. Your kids are riders? Yes, but what I wanted them to be into, golf, or things that require two feet on the ground and not throwing oneself into another person. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I say throw yourself on the ground.