Tina Knowles-Lawson is responsible for producing one of the world’s biggest stars in Beyonce. Now, the mother of two is revealing the steps she took in order to make sure that both of her children felt important.

In a sit down with Maria Shriver, Lawson discussed how she put her children in counseling in an effort to help them cope with Beyoncé’s stardom.

“I took them to counseling,” Lawson told Shriver. “Very early. So that the counselor could help Beyoncé be more sensitive to Solange because she couldn’t stand her for a minute. You know, when they were little, when she was 5, she was all in her stuff, she was trying to hang around her and her friends. Beyoncé was really irritated. But it made her more sensitive to who her sister was and what she had to deal with because of her.”

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Given Beyoncé’s blossoming fame, the girls’ mother wanted to make sure that Solange never felt left out.

“I was very sensitive to that because I grew up where I felt like my mom liked my brother more. And she loved him more. So I was really sensitive to it. So I had days I devoted to – on Wednesday I took off work and that was Solange’s day. She was a lot younger than Beyoncé,” she continued. “It was tough because Beyoncé was this little superstar in our city.”

Lawson went on to explain that her family thought the idea of counseling would do more harm than good. However, according to her, it made them stronger.

“My family was like, ’You’re going to make them crazy because they’re too young for you to take them.’ But I wanted Beyoncé to be sensitive to the fact that Solange had to deal with being a little bit in her shadow. And it made her way more sensitive and protective,” she said. “And they’re still fiercely protective of each other.”