Kate Hudson Won't Interfere With Son's Ambitions 7/28/08

Actress Kate Hudson has vowed to support her son Ryder in whatever career path he chooses, because she would hate to crush his dreams.

The Fool's Gold star enjoyed a relaxed childhood growing up with her actress mother Goldie Hawn and her partner Kurt Russell, and she intends to recreate a similar upbringing for her four-year-old son.

She says, "If Ryder came to me and said, 'Mom, I want to pump gas better than anybody who has ever pumped gas', I wouldn't say, 'No, you're going to be a doctor'. "It would be taking somebody's dream and passion and squashing it.

The one thing I've learnt with Ryder is that the second you have children they're immediately who they are, and your role as a parent is to nurture that and try to at least keep them on the right path, keep them grounded and give them unconditional love."