As a working mother for more than a decade, Tamera Mowry-Housley admits that some days go better than others.
“There are some days when you get it and you’re like, ‘Wow, I’m Supermom.’ Then there are days where it just doesn’t work out because life isn’t perfect,” the mom to son Aden, 11, and daughter Ariah, 9, tells PEOPLE. “You just have to hug, turn, love and pass.”
Mowry’s character in her new Hallmark movie Scouting for Christmas he knows it well. The actress, 46, plays Angela, a single mother who struggles to balance her career in real estate with getting her 10-year-old daughter Brooklyn on time to extracurricular schools, like Sunny Scouts.
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But “she never gives up,” Mowry says of Angela. “You have moms who can be there for every waking moment of their child’s life, and that’s wonderful. There are also working moms trying to make ends meet and live our dreams. Everyone has different ways, and you have to do what’s right for you and your family. But as long as you’re doing your best, you’re doing enough.”
Angela also doesn’t let one particularly judgmental mom in the troop get her down—the one who’ll send the teacher a scathing email when their child gets an A.
“She lets them know, ‘Hey, I’m doing my best. I love my child and we got this,’ Mowry says. “Because quantity and quality are two different things. There are families who spend a lot of time, but they don’t really spend quality time. Like, are you present? Are you really there?’ That’s what’s important.”
Tamera Mowry-Housley with her husband Adam Housley, son Aden and daughter Ariah.
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Mowry admits she’s gotten a bit of flak from other moms herself because she’s a career woman.
“I experienced that, and while I was acting, I thought about my mom, who is like that,” she says. “I call them ‘moms,’ moms who believe their way is the only way. What I love about this movie is that it shows that this is not true. I wanted to set a good example for us working moms that it’s okay. The balance is never truly perfect.”
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Carlo Marks and Tamera Mowry-Housley in ‘Scouting for Christmas’.
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The Sister, sister alum loves it too Scouting for Christmas shows “what a modern family looks like”.
“It’s about a mother doing anything and everything just to make sure her daughter has the best life after the divorce,” says Mowry. “It’s about the love she has for this girl, and that’s her top priority.”
Brooklyn also wants the best for her mom and tries to hook Angela up with the owner of her favorite bakery. “Even though Angela went through that pain, she’s probably opening up to a new romance,” jerks says the star.
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Playing Angela, Mowry also got the chance to live out a childhood fantasy. “Personally, I’ve always wanted to be a Girl Scout,” she says. “I always wanted to say ‘Scout Honor.’ I’ve always wanted to wear a little belt and a cute little beret. So at least I got to play mom to the kid that is.”
Mowry admits that Scouting for ChristmasThe Oct. 20 premiere may be a little early for the holiday festivities to begin, “but in my heart, I’m here,” she says. “Hallmark and Mariah Carey, they really have a way of getting you into the Christmas spirit.”
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Scouting for Christmas premieres Sunday, October 20 at 8:00 PM ET on the Hallmark Channel.
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