Sarah Michelle Gellar, Alyson Hannigan Talk ‘Most Important Pressure That Exists' as Parents (Exclusive)
Reuniting for a new project, the former castmates spoke to PEOPLE about having this full-circle moment as parents.
Gellar says now that her daughter is a teenager, she's seeing so many similarities between them. 'All the good parts,' she quips.
Hannigan adds, 'I think what's amusing to my daughters is that because people always come up to them and they're like, 'Oh, you look just like your mom.' Now they actually have the proof. They can see footage of me at their age.'
'I have a whole plan: just sneak Charlotte in to replace me,' Gellar teases. 'I'm not going to be replaced by AI, I'm just going to be replaced by my daughter. When I get old and tired, just put her in there. They'll never notice.'
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Hannigan explains that as a mom, she's been extremely cautious lately, hoping to guide her daughters to be better than she was at their age — especially when it comes to their health.
Gellar adds that keeping her kids healthy is the hardest job and admits that her perspective of health completely shifted when her daughter hit her teenage years.
'Oh my goodness. I always say that when you get married, you worry about that person. But that person is a fully formed adult and they can take care of themselves. Once you have children, every minute of every day is, what do I need to do? What haven't I done for them? What are they doing right now? Because you're their caretaker, you are responsible for these human beings and that's the most important pressure that exists,' Gellar stresses.
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That's why she and Hannigan are now teaming up with GSK for the Ask2BSure campaign, to stress the importance of parent-teen relationships and encourage parents of teens to start a conversation about meningitis and getting vaccinated. Meningococcal disease, also known as meningitis, is an infection and inflammation of the fluid and membranes around the brain and spinal cord, according to the Mayo Clinic.
'It's an uncommon, but a very serious illness that can, within 24 hours sometimes, have very serious consequences, even death,' Hannigan says. 'My good friend lost one of her very close friends in high school. He was captain of the football team, star athlete. He went home with a headache and the next day he died. It just rocked their world and it was the first time that any of them had ever heard about it.'
'I consider myself usually pretty knowledgeable in staying on top of this kind of stuff, but I learned more from Alyson in the last two months than I realized,' Gellar explains. 'And then learning that one in 10 people who contract it die. That's a high number. That's really severe. And I think ultimately the message we want to get across is knowledge is power.'
Along with the campaign, GSK is sponsoring a Lifetime film, Pretty Hurts, which features a storyline that aims to raise awareness among parents about the severity of meningitis that teens and young adults aged 16-23 are at an increased risk for.
Pretty Hurts, starring Haylie Duff, premieres June 28 at 8pm ET.
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