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In a new interview with Parade, “This Is Us” actor Sterling K. Brown is opening up about being a parent of a teenager.
In retrospect, Brown says he has it easy when it comes to parenting his 13-year-old son Andrew.
“I mean, the kid makes straight As. He’s a great athlete. He plays soccer like nobody’s business. And he’s a great friend. The people that he’s close to, he is ‘ride or die,’” Brown told Parade in the interview published on Feb. 16.
But if there was a place for improvement, Brown, 48, said he wishes he and his son talked more.
“Teenage boys, I don’t know if they’re different than [teenage] girls. I have nothing to compare it to except for ‘This Is Us,’” Brown told Parade referring to his character, Randall Pearson, who was a dad to three girls.
“But I say this. He has a tendency to [be] very close to the vest, my oldest son. So I want to give him his privacy and his autonomy, but I need to let him know that like, your dad cares about every facet of your life, so if and when you want to share with me, you can share whatever you want with your boy,” Brown explained.
“So I have no real stories to report with regards to raising a teenager other than I just want him to talk to me more.”
Brown shares Andrew and his youngest son Amaré, 9, with his wife of 19 years actress Ryan Michelle Bathe. Brown and Bathe met while students at Stanford University in 1998.
In a 2019 interview with NPR, Brown who lost his own father when he was just 10 years old said that while he wishes he could have had more time with his father, Sterling Brown Jr., “I am so full of joy knowing that I had 10 years that were most excellent. So I get a chance to carry that love with me in perpetuity. And now I’m a parent myself.”
“I get a chance to take the love that my dad poured into me and pour it back into these beautiful souls that God has blessed me with,” Brown told NPR, at the time.
“I think that - I think you understand all kinds of parents by whatever it is you do. You also understand the opposite. So me, I make it a point to hug and kiss my children as much as possible. That’s how I show love.”
According to the Child Mind Institute, it’s important for parents and their teens to spend time with each other and really listen when their teenager talks.
The Institute encourages parents to show their teens that they trust them, while validating their feelings when they open up about what is going on in their lives and showing praise when necessary.
