Jeremy Allen White Shares Important Lesson He’s Realized as a Dad

“It’s hard enough growing up and comparing yourself to all of your classmates, your school, and your community,” White noted. “I can’t imagine what it’s like to grow up comparing yourself with the world.”

“I think kids need to keep their worlds as small as possible for as long as possible,” he continued, “and I think it’s hard with all this stuff and with kids being introduced earlier and earlier to it.”

And White’s costar Betty Gilpin—mom to two kids with husband Cosmo Pfeil—has similar worries for her own little ones.

“It’s something I think about every day,” she exclusively told E! News at the event. “You know, how do I protect my kids from something that’s so dangerous that I myself can’t get unaddicted to?”

Indeed, Gilpin noted that social media is “a very confusing thing,” especially given how much she uses it in her day-to-day life. 

“I tell them how damaging it is, and yet I can’t pee without it,” she quipped. “So, the calls are coming from inside the house.”

The Social Reckoning, which also stars Mikey Madison, Jeremy Strong, Billy Magnussen and Bill Burr, is in theaters Oct. 9.

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—Reporting by Nikaline McCarley