Scarlett Johansson revealed one of her strict parenting rules to keep her daughter, Rose Dorothy, safe. 

Despite making her own professional debut, at age eight, in an off-Broadway show, the actress, 40, explained she is not ready to have her 10-year-old step into the spotlight yet. 

Despite her little girl expressing interest in creating content for her mother’s skincare brand, The Outset, the Black Widow star admitted she quickly shut down the idea. 

During an interview with InStyle, the movie star explained she prioritizes her children’s ‘anonymity’ and ‘privacy’ over being perceived as a cool mom. 

Johansson went on to recall a recent conversation with Rose, who told her she ‘would love to make videos for The Outset.’

After the mother-of-two nixed the idea, Johansson said her preteen fired back: ‘Why can’t I?’ 

Scarlett Johansson revealed one of her strict parenting rules to keep her daughter, Rose Dorothy, safe (seen in 2023)

In addition to telling Rose that she is too young, the mom-of-two explained: ‘The thing about being a public figure is that the idea of being recognizable and celebrated feels fun, but then you can never stuff it back in the bottle.’

From her own experience working in the entertainment industry over the past three decades, the two-time Oscar nominee reflected on how fame comes with a ‘mᴀssive loss.’  

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‘I think preserving [your privacy] for as long as possible until it’s someone’s choice, that’s the choice I make as far as my kids go,’ the New York native emphasized.

Johansson went on to address how she enjoys buying her ‘own s**t’ at Duane Reade and has a personal policy about not taking pH๏τos with fans when off duty. 

‘It really offends a lot of people. It doesn’t mean I’m not appreciative, of course, that people are fans, or happy to see me,’ she said. ‘But I always say to people, “I’m not working.” [And that means] I don’t want to be identified as being in this time and place with you. I’m doing my own thing.’ 

Although the actress rarely speaks about her kids publicly, Johansson revealed in January that she already began teaching Rose about the nuances of dating.

While co-hosting Today with Jenna and Friends, she shared that she explained the concept of ‘ghosting’ to her child Rose.

Johansson, who shares her little girl with ex-husband Romain Dauriac, said the topic came up when Rose admitted that she quit talking to a boy who had taken interest in her.

Despite making her own professional debut, at age eight, in an off-Broadway show, the actress, 40, explained she is not ready to have her 10-year-old step into the public eye yet; Johansson and her husband Colin Jost are pictured with Rose in 2021

During an interview with InStyle , the movie star explained she prioritizes her children’s ‘anonymity’ and ‘privacy’ over being perceived as a cool mom; seen with Rose in 2020

‘I just had this conversation with my 10-year-old daughter about ghosting because there was this little boy that liked her, and then she wasn’t feeling the same,’ she said.

‘She just stopped talking to him straight up and he felt terrible. And I was telling her… I introduced the ghosting concept.’

The Iron Man star added: ‘It really makes the other person feel terrible about themselves. It kind of sets them on this spiral.’

The mother-of-two, who shares three-year-old son Cosmo with husband Colin Jost, confessed to being a ghoster in the past, admitting, ‘I hate confrontation.’

Johansson shares Rose with Dauriac, to whom she was married from 2014-2017.

Johansson shares Rose with Romain Dauriac, to whom she was married from 2014-2017 (seen in 2016)

She said she’d prefer be dumped because ghosting someone is ‘awful’ and leaves the other person with unresolved feelings.

‘Honestly being ghosted is awful because you’re just left with no answers at all and you’re thinking, “Oh my god, did I do something?” It haunts you for years,’ the star explained.

In November, Johansson addressed her concerns about Rose getting an iPhone.

‘My daughter’s 10 and so there’s a lot of that pressure coming around now, especially if she’s hanging out with older girls,’ she said on Today.

While middle school is a popular time period for kids to get their first phone, Johansson confessed ‘it’s hard’ to process the idea. 

‘I don’t know, I think social media is hard for young people,’ she said. ‘It’s hard for me to process. I feel like technology is moving so much faster than our human egos can process.’

The Jojo Rabbit star, then, admitted she would rather Rose ‘wait until she’s an adult to be able to participate.’