Helena Bonham Carter has admitted that she has been having parental lessons as she is struggling to juggle her career with family life.
The actress said that her children have been appreciating her new skills.
Bonham Carter, who raises 7-year-old son Billy and 2-year-old daughter Nell with her partner Tim Burton, told the Los Angeles Times: "You give them positive attention and then they start to crave it.
"It absolutely works. Billy is lapping it up. And as a parent, you become happier because you're observing all these good things about your child."
The 44-year-old, who plays evil witch Bellatrix Lestrange in the Harry Potter films, also revealed that children are "terrified" of her on-screen character.
She explained: "The young kids recognise me, and they are terrified, genuinely terrified, but also drawn toward you. The little girls feel ambivalent too; they kind of love her, and they like dressing up as her and, believe me, it's honestly fun to wear the costume.
"I made her childlike deliberately so kids could relate to her as the ultimate naughty one. And there is fun in being naughty. She is a total version of age 3. There's no parenting class on handling that one."
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