Like a lot of us, Gwyneth Paltrow has been enjoying time spent at home and doing low-key activities, like putting together puzzles. They're definitely all the rage right now, and there is no shortage of puzzle designs, from nature puzzles to animals and even our favorite TV characters. But Gwyneth chose a rather interesting puzzle for her 14-year-old son, Moses — a boob puzzle. Gwyneth says she got him the puzzle "just for fun."
All righty then! To each their own.
She also shared in her most recent Goop post that it feels good to enjoy time spent at home. "Home is where the heart is," she wrote. "Right now, it's also where the work, dates, entertainment, and summer vacation are."
She continued, "I've reset my course a bit to embrace this new normal, and after three and a half months, I've found hacks that make WFH a little less taxing, tips for combating recipe fatigue, ways to move my body and quiet my mind and make sheltering in place feel like a holiday without ever stepping foot on a plane," she wrote.
Gwyneth often gets some eyebrow raises for her choices. There are definitely folks who think maybe it's a strange choice for a 14-year-old boy. But honestly, who really cares? He knows what boobs are, after all. Plus, the design is artistic and pretty cool!
The boob puzzle is designed by Jiggy and illustrated by artist Julia Heffernan. Also, it's quite a challenge. It has 450 pieces that have watercolor breasts on them. The design is actually a fairly popular one and has been seen across social media platforms as a celebration of the female body.
Either way, it's Gwyneth's kid, so if she wants to buy him a boob puzzle, more power to her. Especially if it's a work of art! She explained her selection in a post. "There's been a lot of Trivial Pursuit happening at the house. And I got Moses the boob puzzle just for fun," she wrote in the post.
Moses actually appeared with Gwyneth on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon recently. He talked about how he's coping with staying at home. He told the host, "I'm doing all that I can, trying to like, stay happy by like, I don't know, just finding whatever is entertaining and doing it." Sounds like just about all of us.
"I'm really into music, I like to do it a lot," Moses added. "Right now, I'd say I'm playing guitar the most. It used to be piano for a while, and then I started doing guitar lessons again."
Gwyneth has shared a bit about Moses over the years. Most recently, she wrote on social media about what a great kid he is. It's refreshing, too, because we always hear about teenagers being such trouble. It seems like he and his mom are pretty close, however.
He also doesn't mind his mom's quirky ventures! It seems like he is pretty about women's empowerment. "Actually, my son said to me the other day, he was like, 'At first I thought it was really embarrassing that there were vibrators on your website and now I think it's a great thing!'" Gwyneth told Jimmy Fallon. "He's like, 'You're a feminist, Mom. You're a badass.'"
That's a pretty refreshing perspective for a 14-year-old kid to have. But chances are, it comes from Gwyneth being so open with him. So while she often gets critiqued for her odd choices, perhaps there's a method to the madness.
Either way, we all need games to play while we're at home. The puzzle actually seems like a pretty cool choice. It's great that it features breasts of all shapes, sizes, and colors, too! There are even post-mastectomy boobs.
In the end, people will shame parents no matter what they do. We say, more power to Gwyneth for raising her kids the way she sees fit. Honestly, it seems like she's doing a pretty great job — boob puzzles and all.
