Anthony Anderson Shares His Parenting Advice As A Father: ‘Be Patient’

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Nothing is more important to Anthony Anderson than family. That’s why family was the focus of the “black-ish” actor’s interview with Kindred by Parents.com on Thursday.

Anderson is well-known for playing the patriarch Dre on the popular sitcom which he reveals is actually partially based on his life. “Dre was based on my real life as well as Kenya [Barris]’s, so what you saw on that screen for the past eight years were the things that we were dealing with in our families, as husbands as fathers, as sons as brothers,” he shared. “Those were stories that are picked from our lives that we decided to share with the world.” As a father to a 26-year-old daughter and a 22-year-old son, he’s had to learn the hard way about how to deal with his kids questioning his decisions. “I sit and debate with them now, and I’m like, ‘Damn, why did I raise you like this?'” he joked. “‘Why can’t you just take what I say and just do it?'” READ MORE: Anthony Anderson Graduates From Howard University At Age 51: ‘It’s Never Too Late’ Anderson joked about his children being disobedient, but stressed that it was so important that they were given the opportunities to ask “why” questions in their Black community, where that behaviour is often looked down upon. “[My parenting] worked.

I have some independent-thinking children which I love and respect,” he praised. “But that’s how I raised them. I raised them to be their own individuals and to always speak their mind, to ask questions no matter who it is.

There’s a difference between ‘questioning’ and ‘asking questions’. ‘You want to do this and go there? Okay, why?'” As for advice for other parents who were working on their own curious children, he advised them to “be patient”. “Be patient,”