Hillary Clinton gives Dax Shepard advice on raising daughters: 'Find the right balance'
Former Secretary of State and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is sharing her parenting advice.
On Monday's episode of Dax Shepard's "Armchair Expert" podcast, the 73-year-old said when raising her daughter Chelsea, she was "constantly trying to find the right balance."
"Not imposing on her what I wanted her to become, but trying the best I could to enable her to become whoever she was going to be," Clinton said. "You know, it's hard. I mean, it's the hardest job I ever had."
She continued, "It's a constant balancing act. But that's part of the joy as well as the challenge of being a parent."
She also warned Shepard that parenting will get more complicated as his children get older. Shepard shares daughters Lincoln, 7, and Delta, 5, with wife Kristen Bell.
"I actually think raising kids today in some ways is a lot harder than it was for my parents raising us," she said, explaining that her father had a "tough love" approach while her mother was "incredibly focused on education and on supporting me to be independent and outspoken."
"The combination of the two of them really worked," she explained. "And I think that's another way of thinking about it. You know, the combination of you and their mom, brings different experiences, and aspirations for them, and kind of together it all works."
She continued, "You want, obviously, the best, but you also want to try to be aware enough so that you don't make what you think were mistakes made with you, right? We all do it, though, there's no escaping from it. We are the products of our own parents' efforts to raise us."
The interview comes months after Shepard revealed he was recovering from a relapse after 16 years of sobriety.
Shepard shared on the Sept. 25 episode of his podcast in a no-holds-barred conversation that he had recently relapsed and wanted to be honest about his journey in order to help others who may be struggling with addiction.
About a month later, Bell said her husband was "doing really great" during an appearance on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show."
Contributing: Rasha Ali
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