The rule is simple: two loving homes
Turner-Smith said the guiding idea is not to make Juno feel as if she has lost a family structure, but to help her understand that it now looks different.
“This is her new reality and we're learning as well and not always getting it totally right,” the 39-year-old said. “But the idea is always two homes filled with love. I'm like, you got two houses, girl!”
That line is light, but the strategy behind it is not. Turner-Smith described the co-parenting arrangement in terms Juno can understand, without putting her in charge of the adults’ feelings. The idea, as she described it, is to keep the child from feeling stuck between parents.
Why explaining it to Juno has been difficult
Turner-Smith also acknowledged that there is no perfect script for explaining divorce to a 6-year-old. The actress said the challenge is balancing honesty with language that is appropriate for Juno’s age.
“It's like you got to walk this line between obviously being age appropriate and child-centered in the way that you talk about it,” the Agency actress said, “but also keeping it real so that she has an understanding of what this means.”
That is the tension many divorced parents recognize: say too little, and a child fills in the blanks; say too much, and the child is asked to carry information they should not have to manage. Turner-Smith’s comments suggest she is trying to land somewhere in the middle, which is not glamorous parenting content but is probably the more useful kind.
Books have become part of the conversation
Turner-Smith said children’s books have helped her explain the family’s new reality to Juno. Rather than relying only on adult conversations, she has used stories to make the subject more understandable.
“I read her so many books about divorce, about what that means, about what that new world is, about what is supposed to be happening, what's not supposed to be happening,” Turner-Smith said. “You know, children's books have been helpful as well.”
The approach gives Juno a framework for questions that may not arrive neatly or all at once. For a young child, the same idea often needs to be heard more than once, in more than one way. Conveniently, children’s publishing has been doing some of the emotional labor here.
Summer gives them room for normal family time
As Turner-Smith and Jackson continue adjusting to co-parenting, she has also shared how she plans to spend time with Juno during the school break.
“Summertime we can do the traveling,” Turner-Smith told E! News on June 8. “My daughter's not in school. That's the time when we get to do all of our fun things.”
For Turner-Smith, the public comments sound less like a polished celebrity statement and more like a parent trying to keep a child’s daily life steady while the adult structure around her changes. The details are ordinary: books, travel, careful words. But that is often where the actual work happens.
