- Seth Meyers said his kids think it’s funny when he “drops the hammer.”
- The father-of-three said he tried gentle parenting and got “no results”.
- Gentle parenting is a parenting method that emphasizes communication over punishment.
Seth Meyers tried gentle parenting and found it didn’t work for him.
In an interview on NBC’s Today on Monday, the “Late Night” host said his kids aren’t afraid of him.
Meyers, 50, said he used to fear his father, who was a “drop-the-hammer” father. But he said when he drops the hammer, his kids think it’s funny.
He recalled an incident when he was frustrated with his child and they said, “Look, my dad is going to lose it. It’s funny.”
“I think they know, they say, ‘It’s a different era,'” Meyers said, adding that his children “walk around like they have diplomatic immunity.”
Meyers has two sons, Ashe, 8, and Axel, 5, and a daughter, Addie, 2, with his wife, Alexi Ashe.
When asked about his thoughts on gentle parenting, Meyers said, “I’m just not getting results from my gentle parenting.” His children, however, love him, he said: “They would give high marks.”
On one occasion, his wife told his son there was a “strike,” he recalled. “I’m like, ‘You got a strike?’ He says, ‘Yeah, I think it’s strike five?'”
“They are good children”, concluded the comedian. “I’m probably not a great parent.”
A representative for Meyers did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider sent outside regular business hours.