{"id":2049468,"date":"2025-09-25T16:07:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T16:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2049468"},"modified":"2025-09-25T16:07:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T16:07:11","slug":"jenna-bush-hager-admits-she-hopes-her-daughters-are-not-like-me-when-they-become-teenagers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/jenna-bush-hager-admits-she-hopes-her-daughters-are-not-like-me-when-they-become-teenagers\/","title":{"rendered":"Jenna Bush Hager Admits She Hopes Her Daughters &#8216;Are Not Like Me&#8217; When They Become Teenagers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Jenna Bush Hager said she didn&#8217;t want her daughters Mila, 12, and Poppy, 10, to act like she did as a teenager<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The mom of three celebrated National Daughters Day on <em>Today with Jenna &amp; Friends<\/em> with guest co-host Sheinelle Jones<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Mila and Poppy submitted a less-than-enthusiastic video message for the occasion, which cracked up their mom<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/jenna-bush-hager\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jenna Bush Hager;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Jenna Bush Hager <\/a>doesn\u2019t necessarily want her daughters, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/jenna-bush-hager-reveals-daughter-mila-12-just-shaved-for-the-first-time-11807309\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Mila;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Mila<\/a>, 12, and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/jenna-bush-hager-says-she-receives-all-of-her-daughter-s-text-messages-11794475\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Poppy;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Poppy<\/a>, 10, to follow in her footsteps.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The 43-year-old <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/jenna-and-friends\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Today with Jenna &amp; Friends;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>Today with Jenna &amp; Friends<\/em><\/a> co-host was discussing National Daughters Day on the Thursday, Sept. 25 episode of her show alongside guest co-host <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/sheinelle-jones\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Sheinelle Jones;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Sheinelle Jones<\/a>, when Jones began talking about her own 13-year-old daughter, Clara.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI actually hope \u2014 and I\u2019m just gonna say it \u2014 I actually hope my daughter, her teenage years \u2014 she just turned 13 a month ago \u2014 I hope she\u2019s like me, like I was. I was a great teenager,\u201d Jones said, before laughing and turning to Bush Hager. \u201cOh wait, that tees you up perfectly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">With a deadpan expression, Bush Hager replied, \u201cYeah, I hope my daughters are NOT like me.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<div style=\"max-height:none;overflow:visible\">\n<p>NBC<\/p>\n<p> Jenna Bush Hager laughs on &#8216;Today with Jenna &amp; Friends.&#8217;<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Jones later noted that she didn\u2019t \u201csneak out\u201d or do anything out of line as the daughter of former <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/george-w-bush\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:President George W. Bush;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">President George W. Bush<\/a> and former <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/laura-bush\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:First Lady Laura Bush;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">First Lady Laura Bush<\/a> just gave her a look.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI just hope that she\u2019s like me,\u201d Jones said of Clara. \u201cIf I have a little Jenna, I wouldn\u2019t even know how to parent that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;My parents didn\u2019t either,\u201d Bush Hager quipped.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cBut shoutout to your mom because you turned out alright,\u201d Jones assured her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWe turned out just fine,\u201d Bush Hager said, referencing her twin sister Barbara Bush Pierce.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Jenna Bush Hager\/Instagram Jenna Bush Hager and husband Henry Hager with kids Mila, Poppy, and Hal.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"384\" height=\"480\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/qwOWETh4yKdZC6XX2P6KGw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTcwNTtoPTg4MTtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/people_218\/8a27fce1f779210ff55ffd90e69bc470\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<div style=\"max-height:none;overflow:visible\">\n<p>Jenna Bush Hager\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p> Jenna Bush Hager and husband Henry Hager with kids Mila, Poppy, and Hal.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:PEOPLE's free daily newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Things got even more comical later in Thursday\u2019s episode when Jones and Bush Hager each received very different video messages from their respective daughters in honor of National Daughters Day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">While Jones\u2019 daughter, Clara, sent her a heartfelt message, Bush Hager&#8217;s girls, Mila and Poppy, looked less enthusiastic, making their mom burst out laughing.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"NBC Jenna Bush Hager's daughters Poppy (left) and Mila (right) record a National Daughters Day message for 'Today with Jenna &amp; Friends.'\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"612\" height=\"480\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/e3hF33PwNwt3vNxDujhxvg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTc1MztjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/people_218\/f4b0750e2221ec6877056d404aff4f60\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<div style=\"max-height:none;overflow:visible\">\n<p>NBC<\/p>\n<p> Jenna Bush Hager&#8217;s daughters Poppy (left) and Mila (right) record a National Daughters Day message for &#8216;Today with Jenna &amp; Friends.&#8217;<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI get home and I hear screaming, like yelling, like, \u2018Come on! Do it now!\u2019 And they were doing the video,\u201d Bush Hager said, explaining why she knew about the surprise in advance. \u201cAnd Mila walks in and she goes, \u2018Mom, I just have to tell you something. I don\u2019t wanna do this anymore.\u2019\u201c<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">When Bush Hager attempted to get some clarity, things got even funnier.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cShe\u2019s like, \u2018Every time y\u2019all have some stupid holiday, your producers are like, \u2018Hey!\u2019 and then I have to put on mascara because I\u2019m in 7th grade and I don\u2019t wanna look bad on TV, okay?\u2019 \u201d the mom of three, who is also mom to son Hal Hager, 6, recalled. \u201cAnd I\u2019m like, \u2018Oh, you don\u2019t have to do it.\u2019 And she\u2019s like, \u2018I\u2019ll do it this one time, but this is my last time.\u2019 It did look like she needed a ransom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Bush Hager then assured her older daughter, \u201cMila, you\u2019re retired, you don\u2019t have to do it anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/jenna-bush-hager-hopes-her-daughters-not-like-her-11817446\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW Jenna Bush Hager said she didn&#8217;t want her daughters Mila, 12, and Poppy, 10, to act like she did as a teenager The mom of three celebrated National Daughters Day on Today with Jenna &amp; Friends with guest co-host Sheinelle Jones Mila and Poppy submitted a less-than-enthusiastic video message for the occasion, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2049469,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[380367,349956,380369,354459,31888,380368,380370,361283],"class_list":["post-2049468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-barbara-bush","tag-bush-hager","tag-first-lady-laura-bush","tag-henry-hager","tag-jenna-bush-hager","tag-national-daughters","tag-president-george-w-bush","tag-sheinelle-jones"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jenna-Bush-Hager-Admits-She-Hopes-Her-Daughters-Are-Not.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2049468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2049468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2049468\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2049469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2049468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2049468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2049468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}