Dax Shepard Is ‘Painfully Honest’ With His Kids

Dax Shepard was on Ellen Thursday to promote his new movie, CHiPs, and he even dressed the part! He got to talking about how he wanted to parent his 2 ½- and 1-year-old kids much as his mother parented him — with brutal honesty.

“I’ve just been being very 100 percent honest with Lincoln. In fact, the other day we were playing and I said, ‘OK, I gotta go,’ and she said, ‘Why?’ And I said, ‘I gotta go to my AA meeting.’ And she goes, ‘Why?’ And I said, ‘Because I’m an alcoholic,’ and she said, ‘I’ma be alcoholic too. I’m coming.’”

Shepard, who is married to actress Kristen Bell, also talked about how he is honest with his kids about Santa Claus — assuming Santa is real of course. He said things like “He’s gonna show up riding a team of endangered animals” and “If you come out, you may find him getting handsy with Mom under [the] mistletoe.”

The fact is, parenting is hard. Just ask Kate Gosselin.

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