"Our country is not at its best right now, and that can be very discouraging and frustrating," she told People. "This is the time you have to rise as a community and as a household and as a country and try to make voices be heard. And that's what I have to instill in my children, who are certainly old enough to be aware of politics and things going on in the world... It's very important for my husband and me to be honest with them and help them feel like they still have a voice for the things that they believe in."