Tom Brady Reveals the Hardest Part About Being a Parent
etonline.comTom Brady says he and Gisele Bündchen have as parents is trying to keep their kids grounded in reality. The challenge stems from the privilege afforded to them after massive success in their respective careers.The 44-year-old NFL star made the revelation in a recent interview on the podcast.
Farley, the CEO of Ford, said it's something he and his wife talk about with their kids now in high school, and with Brady and Bündchen's kids — Benjamin, 12, and daughter Vivian, 9 — slowly but surely approaching that age, he wanted Brady's insight when it comes to managing his kids' expectations as they grow up and get out in the real world.«It's probably the hardest thing for us as parents, you know, with myself and my wife,» Brady said. «My wife grew up in rural Brazil, the farthest state south, Rio Grande do Sul, very small kind of farming town, very simple girl.
You know, there are two bedrooms in their house — one for their parents and one for her and her five sisters.»«And I grew up in, I would say, a middle-class family in California,» he continued. «My dad worked his a** off for our family.
My mom stayed at home [and] took care of us kids, and I saw my mom work every day to make food for us at night and wash our clothes.
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