The small screen is where the world met Chip and, but it looks like the couple’s five kids won’t be watching Fixer Upper anytime soon. In fact, they won’t be spending any time in front of the small screen at all — because.In an exclusive interview with Southern Living, Gaines chatted with Jenna Bush Hager about navigating the ups and downs of motherhood — and she shared that.
In addition to not keeping a TV in their Waco, Texas, home, they also keep their children’s iPad use to a minimum.“Our rule for the iPad is that the kids can use it a certain amount of time every other day,” Gaines said. “It’s contingent on them doing their chores and homework. I try hard to make it not the thing they look forward to every day. I don’t want them focusing on that.”.
A post shared by (@joannagaines) on Nov 18, 2018 at 9:20am PSTThe kids are allowed to use the family’s iPad in moderation (once they’ve completed their chores, of course), but they won’t be getting smartphones anytime soon. “I don’t even know what’s gonna happen when the girls start asking to wear makeup, but we keep telling our kids,” Gaines told People in August.Chip and Joanna Gaines know a thing or two about creativity, so it’s not terribly surprising that they’re taking steps to inspire their kids’ creativity — and limit their zone-out distractions. Although there’s certainly nothing wrong with or play on an iPad, we love (and are not surprised) that the Gaineses are taking an old-school approach to this part of parenting.
'I feel young again.'
Chip and Joanna Gaines are already parents to five kiddos, but if it were up to Chip, the beloved celebrity couple will one day be welcoming baby number six.
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When it comes to kids, Joanna Gaines believes the more the merrier. In a recent interview with People, the former Fixer Upper host explained how having her fifth child, Crew, has actually made her less stressed.
“I kid with people, ‘If you ever want to feel young again, have a baby at 40,” she said. “It’s brought this whole new thing for me where I’m a lot more laid-back. People joke that I’m the ‘Fun Jo’ now.”
Nine-month-old Crew, who Gaines calls “my little sidekick,” was born on June 30, 2018, joining Drake, 14; Ella Rose, 12; Duke, 10; and Emmie Kay, nine.
And while Crew was a surprise to Gaines and husband Chip, she told People that her fifth child has changed her life for the better. “I realized there has to be spontaneity, and schedules kind of go out the door,” she explained, adding, “It’s like, ‘Hey, if I don’t get to it, it’s fine.’ I’ve just relaxed so much more, and it’s been fun for me.”
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Could a sixth kid be in the future for the Gaines family? “Heck if I know,” the HGTV star said, hinting that Chip has mentioned the possibility of a little sister for Crew. Gaines joked, “No plans for another baby but then again, we’ve never been planners anyway.”
And Gaines, whose first children’s book came out this week, isn’t the only celeb parent who thinks that more kids lead to more relaxed parents. Kim Kardashian West, who’s expecting her fourth child sometime this year, recently told Jimmy Fallon, “I heard that parents of four are the most enlightened and calm of all parents.”
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