Mindy Kaling named her 3-year-old son, Spencer, after late Hollywood film legend Spencer Tracy. But lately, the preschooler is answering to something a little edgier. “Spike is something we’re trying to get going,” Kaling, 44, tells TODAY.com. “People tend to call him Spence or Spencey, but I prefer Spike.' “The problem is…. He’s not a Spike,” she continues. “He’s one of the sweetest little boys and Spike has the connotations of kind of like a punky energy.
Kaling recalls how he recently woke up from a nap feeling grumpy, and announced that the only person he wanted to see was Kit. “She sat down next to him and he put his head in her lap and she kissed him,” Kaling says. “Literally, all you want as a parent are these glimmers of hope that your children will get along with each other unprompted.” “When they’re ‘Who is your best friend?’ they say each other, and that is incredibly moving,” Kaling adds.