Hayden Panettiere wants four children.

Hayden says her biggest ambition is to be a parent and she dreams of having a large family one day

“I always said I want four kids – I love kids. I would love to be a mother and to have a family – for Italians, it’s the most important thing you can have,” the 19-year-old Heroes actress tells Britain’s InStyle Magazine.

Hayden wouldn’t want any of her children to follow her into the entertainment industry.

“I think you have to be a pretty strong person to enter the industry that young and not be affected by it….I was lucky, but I’d never want my kids to be subject to that much criticism at such a young age.”

“There’s a lot of criticism,” Hayden said of the industry. “It blows my mind that people want to find flaws and things to pick at. Growing up with the pressure to be thin and the fact that TV adds at least 5lbs… it was tough.”

The actress—who recently ended her relationship with her 31-year-old co-star Milo Ventimiglia–admits finding her ideal man can be tough, especially since she’s such a sucker for older men.

“I don’t date boys my own age.”

Sorry, teeners.