Parker dressses son in hand-me-downs

Thrifty Sarah Jessica Parker dresses her young son James Wilkie in hand-me-down clothes - because her mother insists on sending her outfits the actress' brothers used to wear.

The 'Sex and the City' star came from a poor background and had to wear second-hand clothing when she was a child, and even though she's a millionaire now, she still likes the idea of her son wearing items passed down from family members.

She tells America's Parade magazine: "He (son) only wears hand-me-downs because I've got all these older nephews. That's the God's honest truth.

"Plus, my mother saved all my brothers' clothes. I am not kidding. I don't think I've ever bought him any clothes. Maybe a new winter coat.

"I do buy him shoes, because everybody's feet are different."

Parker insists her practices will teach her and husband Matthew Broderick's son the value of hard work: "If I had been raised a child of privilege, I wouldn't be the working person I am today. I think it's incumbent on my husband and me to really stress and to show James Wilkie by example what it means to owe your community something and that he is not entitled to the benefits of our hard work.

"That doesn't mean that I'm withholding or keeping from him the joys of childhood. But I also don't want him to think the world he lives in is the real world. It's not."