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Elizabeth Banks 'Throws All The Rules Out' With Work and Parenting

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Elizabeth Banks: actress, director, producer, screenwriter, wife, mother... among a million other things.

She really is the woman who does it all in Hollywood, and she wants to make those lines between work life and life as a mom a little less strict.

She recently opened up to PEOPLE about life as a mom, bringing her kids to set and how she loves hearing kids in the background of conference calls.

When talking about why her two sons, Felix, 8, and Magnus, 6 love coming to move sets, she revealed:

"Well my kids love to come to movie sets... mostly for the craft services."

But for her, she likes bringing them to work for another reason.

"I feel so excited to show my kids their mom at work, I grew up with a working mom, and she imparted an incredible work ethic in me. I like involving them in my work and I think it's important as a working woman and as a leader on my movie sets that I show other women that it's okay to bring your kids."

Why she has such an open policy about kids on movie sets?

"I think that parenting is your number one job. I think getting on the phone on conference calls and hearing children in the background, I'm excited that happens more and more when I'm on the phone with both men and women."

Overally, Elizabeth just says that "we should be having whole lives" and not worry so much about the strict lines drawn between work life and parenthood.

"I throw all the rules out and I invite my kids into my work life."

Obviously not all moms and all jobs allow this kind of flexibility, but it is certainly something to think about. Whether it be that you need to work from home for an hour in order to spend time with your kids while they do homework, or bringing them into your office occasionally in the summer, it might be time to think about your options!

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