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\"The Office\" alum then shared her wish for anyone with children to have their own support system -- whether that's through a father figure or not.

\"Whoever it is for your family - husband, partner, grandparent, mom, wife, step-parent, nanny, sibling, old friend - I hope you have someone out there who shows up for you and your family!\" she wrote.

\"It is the great blessing of our life,\" she added.

In an interview with Marie Claire last year, Kaling spoke why she keeps her kids out of the spotlight.

\"I want them to be old enough to talk to me about it and [tell me] how they want me to talk about it,\" she told the magazine on the topic. \"I'm the only parent my kids have…I think I err on the side of super cautious so that there's less things that they can potentially be mad at me about down the line.\"

She also spoke about the point in her life when she chose to have kids.

\"I waited until I had the means and that made all the difference,\" she said. \"The choice to have a child -- by yourself, on your own terms -- it was the best part of my life ... It's the thing that I hope women feel confident doing by themselves.\"

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