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Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger Pratt have different approaches to parenting.
The Garfield star, 46, appeared on Today on Monday, Aug. 4, where he shared some updates on his youngest child, Ford, who recently turned 8 months old.
“Ford, man, he’s doing great. He’s doing great,” Pratt said, before adding of Schwarzenegger Pratt, 35, “Mama’s doing well. He’s the happiest baby. He’s got these giant, beautiful blue eyes. He’s so special. Everyone says that about their kids, most of them are wrong. I’m not wrong. This kid is very special.”
Of Ford’s support system, Pratt said, “He’s got a beautiful mama, a very caring and strong-willed father. And yeah, he’s now one of four of my children, and I’m so blessed.”
In addition to Ford, Pratt and Schwarzenegger Pratt share daughters Lyla, 4, and Eloise, 3, and Pratt also shares son Jack, 12, with his ex-wife Anna Faris.
When it comes to parenting his kids, Pratt says he tries to take a more “sensitive” approach.
“My style is very heavily influenced by how I was raised. I was a very sensitive kid, but my dad was very tough and very strict. So I tend to be a little more mindful of the sensitivity in kids. So I’m not as tough and I’m not as strict.”
But Pratt said the same style doesn’t apply to his wife, whom he married in 2019.
“Their mom, however, Katherine, is more of the rule enforcer,” he explained. “We have a nice balance there.”
When it comes to parenting, Pratt has just one rule — show up.
“I think as long as you’re present, you kinda can’t go wrong,” he said. “You’re gonna mess up. You’re not gonna get it right, but you were there, and I think that ends up being important to adults when they grow up and they look back on their childhood, is, ‘Hey, my dad was there, and that’s a good thing.’ ”
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Last month, Pratt praised his wife for her role as a stepparent to his son Jack.
“If a parent is in there doing the hard work of creating structure for a child and holding children accountable, and it's not a biological child, it can feel thankless," Pratt said on the Parenting & You with Dr. Shefali podcast. "But it's a really, really important job."
On the podcast, Schwarzenegger Pratt revealed she'd hired a stepparenting coach when she and Pratt got serious. "I got that right when we got engaged," she said. "It's been incredibly helpful for me and also just understanding my role as a stepparent."
"Stepparenting, like parenting, has no handbook," said Schwarzenegger Pratt. "Because I have the benefit of being in both roles. Stepparenting is extra confusing because you aren't a parent, you're not a nanny, you're not an assistant. You have responsibilities in all of those areas but you're not either of them."
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