Kate Hudson is glad she is a strict mother because her son Ryder has become the perfect child.

The Almost Famous star chose to strongly discipline her child – with ex-husband Chris Robinson – because her mother Goldie Hawn let her run wild as a kid.

And the Fool’s Gold actress thinks her tough tactics have paid dividends because the four-year-old is so well behaved.

‘When I had Ryder, suddenly there were a lot of rules,’ she says. ‘I’m much stricter about things like manners than I thought I’d be. My mom wasn’t strict at all. He had a couple [of tantrums]. He had a couple and I would just stare at him and wait. He would realize I wasn’t doing anything – unaware I trying desperately to remain calm inside – and he would stop. It worked.’

WENN