Jenna Dewan-Tatum and Jessica Alba Discuss the Struggle of Being a Working Mom

It's hard to balance work and family...just askJenna Dewan Tatum and Jessica Alba.

Jenna and husband Channing Tatum are parents to daughter Everly, 4. In addition to her acting career, Jenna recently took on a new role as host of NBC's new series World of Dance. Jessica is the co-founder of the Honest Company. She shares daughters Honor, 8, and Haven, 5, with husband Cash Warren.

The two talked about balancing work with family time in an interview with E! News Friday at a beach party celebrating the launch of their new Havaianas Mommy & Me flip-flops collection, sponsored by the Baby2Baby charity.

"Yeah, for me it's always a balancing act and learning and perfecting the balancing act is the toughest part," Jenna said. "For me, with work, it's interesting because it will be really, really busy and then I'll have a little bit of time where it isn't quite as busy, so you have a little bit of time where balancing that is easier. She's pretty good now because she understands that now."

"It's like a checks and balances kind of thing where you really put in good quality time so you feel a little bit better about working the next day," she said. "It's about finding that, and constantly sort of not making yourself feel guilty but trying to work that out for yourself, so that your family gets lots of time and quality time together. It's a balancing act always."

Jessica said she thinks "it's about quality and not quantity."

"Totally," Jenna said. "I say that all the time, because getting that good quality time in there assures the time you have to be away working to just feel better for you and for your kid and your family, just making that a priority."