Channing Tatum Has an Important Message for Dads: ‘Wear the Tiara’

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21 Jump Street actor has learned to of raising a child. In an interview about his latest children's book, , Tatum opened up to about what he's learned and the advice he has for all the dads out there.

Namely, don't be afraid to play dress-up.“You don’t even need to be cute. You could just put on the dress and still be yourself,” he says in the new interview, published on June 17. “It’s just going to be even funnier to them.

Like you could be as grumpy and as tough and whatever as you want to be, wear the tiara.”Tatum recognizes that it can be a challenge for any parent to stay engaged in playtime after a full day's work, though he says Everly isn't afraid to call him out if he isn't giving 100 percent. “She knows when I’m not being really creative because I’ve given her too much too early,” he says. “And I tried too hard too early, and she’s just like, ‘Dad, you’re phoning it in,’ or she’s like, ‘Come on, play for real,’ when she knows I’m phoning it in and I’m just tired.”This content can also be viewed on the site it from.Ultimately, Channing Tatum says the key to being a good dad is a “spectrum” but comes down to “the will, the want to show up, and just be present.”“You might not have any idea or had a terrible dad, and you might be so scared that that’s how you’re going to be, that you don’t know how to engage.

Or you might be afraid that you’re going to engage and you’re going to mess it up,” Tatum said. “I had my own complications growing up, and I think I was afraid because I didn’t know how to be the dad that I wanted.