The Unconventional Parenting Styles of A-List Celebrities

Reese Witherspoon

The Big Little Lies star was raised in Nashville, Tennessee, so her values lie within the deep south. Although the family lives in Los Angeles, California, Witherspoon still enforced those southern values.  "I grew up in Nashville and my parents taught me to respect my elders. We’d say things like ‘yes, ma’am’ and ‘no, sir’ to adults. But kids in Los Angeles don’t do that. I’ve drawn the line at my children calling adults by their first names. I tell them they can call people ‘Miss Shannon’ or ‘Miss Heather’ but that using only first names is too familiar. Maybe I’m just old-fashioned," Witherspoon shared in 2009.