Naomi Watts, Melissa Joan Hart and More Stars Get Wistful Sending Their Kids Back to School

The lazy days of summer are over! Celeb moms and dads get  sentimental as they send their kids back to class.

Naomi Watts

Following in her footsteps! The 56-year-old’s son, Sasha, 18, with ex Liev Schreiber, just started at the University of Southern California, where he will be attending the School of Dramatic Arts. The 5-foot-5 actress recently joked in an Instagram story about Sasha and  her youngest Kai, 16, towering over her, saying she “clearly [had] nothing to do with their height.” (Their dad is 6-foot-3!)

Nick Carter

The Backstreet Boys singer was teary when he and wife Kitt Carter sent son Odin, 9, and daughters Saoirse, 5, and 4-year-old Pearl off on the first day of school. The 45-year-old, who’s been performing since he was a kid, wants a “normal life” for his own offspring. “Whatever they want to do, as far as their profession goes, that’s really up to them,” he said on a 2022 episode of the We Are Family podcast. “But what I want, I just want to have school be a priority.”

Amanda Kloots

“First grade! Where did summer go?!” the Dancing With the Stars alum, 43, posted on Instagram alongside a pic of nattily attired son Elvis. “He wanted to wear his three piece suit, to look ‘handsome.’” It was an emotional day for Amanda, who lost her husband, Nick Cordero, during the pandemic. “The walk down to school, never easy. Lots of tears. Will we ever not cry the first day of school?”

Melissa Joan Hart

“Here we go!! Day 1 — 6th and 11th,” the Sabrina the Teenage Witch alum wrote on Instagram of her sons, Braydon, 17, and 12-year-old Tucker, with husband Mark Wilkerson (big brother Mason is 19). The 49-year-old has given props to her kids’ teachers on social media for helping them overcome obstacles, including Tucker’s learning disabilities, saying they “believed in him and gave him the tools to believe in himself.”

Rob & Amber Mariano

“Where does the time go?” “Boston Rob” captioned a shot on Instagram with Carina, 14, and Lucia, 16, his older girls with wife — and fellow Survivor alum — Amber, 47. A few days later, the 49-year-old posted a pic with younger daughters Isabetta, 13, and Adelina, 11. Noticing how much the girls’ looks favor their mom, one commenter wrote, “Are Rob’s genes in the room?”