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{"id":148933,"date":"2014-03-07T08:52:18","date_gmt":"2014-03-07T13:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bckonline.com\/?p=148933"},"modified":"2014-03-07T10:15:41","modified_gmt":"2014-03-07T15:15:41","slug":"nia-long-talks-motherhood-and-more-with-essence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bckonline.com\/2014\/03\/07\/nia-long-talks-motherhood-and-more-with-essence\/","title":{"rendered":"NIA LONG TALKS MOTHERHOOD AND MORE WITH ESSENCE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-148980 aligncenter\" alt=\"nia\" src=\"https:\/\/bckonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/nia.jpg\" width=\"540\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bckonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/nia.jpg 540w, https:\/\/bckonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/nia-300x213.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nia Long is determined to live a fearless life and teaches her kids to do the same.<!--more--> The &#8216;Single Moms Club&#8217; star graces the cover of <em>ESSENCE <\/em>magazine&#8217;s April issue where she talks about her juggling act as a single mother and actress.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not a movie star mom who&#8217;s got a private chef, a nanny and a driver,&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.essence.com\/2014\/03\/06\/nia-long-essence-cover\" target=\"_blank\">says<\/a> Long. &#8220;My mantra is, &#8216;You created this, you can handle it.&#8217; I think that if you&#8217;re committed to being a great mother, single or not, you&#8217;re going to enjoy every moment you have with your children.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Enjoying every moment is what the star actress does with dance offs and times of pure silliness with her sons at home. &#8220;I love when it&#8217;s just the three of us and no one can see how silly we&#8217;re acting. The preciousness of it all makes the tough days a little bit easier,&#8221; explains Nia.<\/p>\n<p>Long strives to teach her kids to be confident individuals and it appears that her efforts have paid off with her eldest son, Massai. The teen recently wrote his mom a letter that thanked her for showing him how to be fearless saying, &#8220;You are loving, and are always there for me and my little brother&#8230;You have taught me to have a voice and fear nothing but the Lord.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Massai stars alongside mom in Tyler Perry&#8217;s &#8216;The Single Moms Club,&#8217; which is available for public viewing today. 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