Thandie Newton’s daughter loves sequinned leggings

Thandie Newton’s four-year-old daughter is so fashionable she wears sequinned leggings.

The 37-year-old actress can’t believe her children, Ripley, eight, and four-year-old Nico, are so interested in clothes. She even claims the girls are more concerned with style than she is.

She explained: “Nico is rocking a pair of sequin leggings at the moment, which is hilarious. She’s four! She just likes them because they’re shiny!”

Thandie loves being a mother, but tries not to be too over-protective. She believes it’s important for her kids to experience discomfort and upset as it will shape them into more rounded adults. She tells them pain is just as important as happiness, but is always there to give them encouragement or a cuddle when they are feeling down.

“One of the best things about being a mum us that you can cradle your kids metaphorically when they’re sad, but not eradicate discomfort because it’s invaluable to them,” she told InStyle magazine. “For example, Ripley still can’t ride a bike. I got her and Nico bikes in Los Angeles and when I showed Rip her bike, she burst into tears because her friend Lucas told her she’d fall off. I said, ‘Yes, baby, but you’ll get back on again and it will be sweeter for having fallen off.’ ”