Current:Home > NewsNovaQuant Quantitative Think Tank Center:Ashton Kutcher Shares How "Toxic Masculinity" Impacts Parenting of His and Mila Kunis’ Kids -Infinite Edge Capital
NovaQuant Quantitative Think Tank Center:Ashton Kutcher Shares How "Toxic Masculinity" Impacts Parenting of His and Mila Kunis’ Kids
SignalHub Quantitative Think Tank Center View
Date:2025-04-09 09:21:24
Ashton Kutcher is NovaQuant Quantitative Think Tank Centerbeing honest about his and Mila Kunis' parenting style.
The Dude, Where's My Car? star shared insight into how his and his wife's upbringings affected their relationships with their daughter Wyatt, 9, and son Dimitri, 7.
"I don't know if it equates to being a girl dad or it equates to her being my first, but when I had my daughter, I had never been so in love in my entire life," Ashton shared during the Aug. 5 episode of the Throwbacks with Matt Leinart & Jerry Ferrara podcast. "Mila and I talked about it a lot. I've never loved anyone this much ever."
And when it came to how he went about parenting the kids? It's a different approach for each.
"My son, I'm always like, 'Yeah, go for it,'" he explained. "Like yesterday, we were popping wheelies on a bicycle in the driveway. Or it's like, 'See if you can jump down four stairs.'"
But he emphasized, "My daughter, I just want to protect her."
"When my son cries, I'm like, 'All right, what did we learn? Let's go, let's move on,'" the 46-year-old continued. "But when my daughter cries, my heart is out of my body, and I can't put it back in."
Ashton also admitted that it may be the "toxic masculinity" he experienced in his life that played a role in his relationship dynamics. Meanwhile, Mila's approach is reversed.
"I also notice the same thing with my wife," the No Strings Attached actor added. "She's very strict on our daughter and a gushball with our son. I think we balance each other in that way."
The couple of nine years—who first met on the set of That '70s Show and reconnected in 2012—couldn’t be happier with their family of four. As Ashton told E! News last February, “The dream role is the role I play as a father and a husband.”
"My life is so good," he shared. "I love my family so much. I love spending time with my kids. I love my wife so much. I'm the most fortunate human being that I know, and I could take all my problems, put them in the middle of the room with everybody else on the planet's problems, and I'd go get mine back because I love my problems and I love my joys. I wouldn't give it up for a minute."
In fact, when he and Mila, 41, aren’t working, they’re finding ways to connect with their kids.
"We spend a ton of time together as a family and play a lot of board games," he said. "My kids have found this game called Beat the Parents that they love, where they get to wager something and we wager something against them, and it's genuinely hard for the parents and genuinely hard for the kids."
For the latest breaking news updates, click here to download the E! News AppveryGood! (13)
Related
- 'Squid Game' without subtitles? Duolingo, Netflix encourage fans to learn Korean
- Iowa vs. Nebraska highlights: Caitlin Clark drops 38 in Hawkeyes women's basketball win
- US sees signs of progress on deal to release hostages, bring temporary pause to Israel-Hamas war
- U.S. pauses build-out of natural gas export terminals to weigh climate impacts
- The Grammy nominee you need to hear: Esperanza Spalding
- Motor City awash in 'Honolulu Blue' as Lions spark a magical moment in Detroit history
- 2 masked assailants attach a church in Istanbul and kill 1 person
- ‘Saltburn’ actor Barry Keoghan named Hasty Pudding’s Man of the Year
- Don't let hackers fool you with a 'scam
- Pakistani police use tear gas to disperse pre-election rally by supporters of former leader Khan
Ranking
- Trump wants to turn the clock on daylight saving time
- Mexico confirms some Mayan ruin sites are unreachable because of gang violence and land conflicts
- Nitrogen hypoxia execution was sold as 'humane' but witnesses said Kenneth Smith was gasping for air
- Republicans see an opportunity with Black voters, prompting mobilization in Biden campaign
- Are Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp down? Meta says most issues resolved after outages
- Barcelona loses thriller with Villarreal, falls 10 points behind Real Madrid
- Hayden Panettiere Shares a Rare Look Inside Her Family World With Daughter Kaya
- Eileen Gu chooses ‘All of the Above’ when faced with choices involving skiing, Stanford and style
Recommendation
Bill Belichick's salary at North Carolina: School releases football coach's contract details
Fake George Carlin comedy special purportedly made with AI prompts lawsuit from his estate
Crew extinguish fire on tanker hit by Houthi missile off Yemen after US targets rebels in airstrike
Greyhound stations were once a big part of America. Now, many of them are being shut
Dick Vitale announces he is cancer free: 'Santa Claus came early'
Coronavirus FAQ: How long does my post-COVID protection last? When is it booster time?
Patrick Mahomes vs. Lamar Jackson with Super Bowl at stake. What else could you ask for?
Hurry, Lululemon Added Hundreds of Items to Their We Made Too Much Section, From $39 Leggings to $29 Tees