“Yes, it’s different,” he said. “When I was a kid, you would just suck it up, get out of the house and be back by sundown, which I just can’t even imagine now.”
But the 48-year-old has certainly made sure to take a different approach to parenting than his own dad, with whom Ryan had a “slightly complicated relationship.”
“Even though I may have an instinct when my kid is acting out or telling me I’m the worst,” he told People in August, “my father’s instinct would be to shut that kid off. My dad would retreat into the power of silence, and that is not the way to acknowledge your kid.”
Instead, Ryan makes sure to “get down on their level” and tell them “I believe them and that I’m here for them.
“I’m willing to sit here and hear them out,” he shared, “and feel whatever they’re going through.”
Read on to see more of what Ryan and Blake have said about parenting their kids.
