Riley Gaines, husband discusses parenting philosophy

Riley Gaines and her husband, Louis Barker, opened up Wednesday about changing into mother and father to a child woman and the way they plan to lift their youngster sooner or later.

Gaines and Barker welcomed their daughter Margot into the world final week. It’s the first youngster for the couple. The 2 appeared within the collection finale of OutKick’s “Gaines for Girls” podcast to speak about plenty of matters surrounding their beginning, together with parenting philosophy.

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Riley Gaines and her husband, Louis Barker, talked about their parenting kinds on “Gaines for Women.” (OutKick)

Gaines mentioned she and Barker talked about how they’d deal with parenting Margot as she grows up. Barker mentioned it was necessary to indicate their daughter that he and Gaines are on the identical web page and work collectively as a group quite than as people.

“However for us, I’ve at all times needed to set the instance of what a relationship ought to appear to be. I am most likely going to get hate for this,” he mentioned. “However the best way I described this to Riley is that I would like Margot and nevertheless many children we’ve to have a look at us and say, ‘Oh yeah, mother and pop collectively after which we’re all there, hanging out.’

“I would like them to see that Riley and I are on a group, that we’re on the identical web page. It is not Mother versus Dad. It is Mother and Dad collectively. We’re one. The one factor I might hate most is that if Margot ran as much as Riley and mentioned, ‘Hey, can I do that.’ She says no and he or she involves me and I say sure. That inconsistency is one thing that may drive me loopy.”

Riley Gaines has advocated for equity in ladies’s sports activities. (XX-XY Athletics)

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Gaines mentioned she agreed along with her husband’s strategy.

“It is sensible and I believe this instance is an instance of youngsters lacking #1. We see that, for instance, in whether or not they’re youngsters who assume there are not any penalties,” she mentioned. “For instance, we see it on a regular basis: youngsters who lack that course or that instance at residence. And we see it on this planet, in our tradition, or in society or at college or no matter it’s. And I believe that is crucial for our youngsters.”

Barker made it clear that there can be no “generational trauma” of their family.

“And so I believe it is necessary to have an instance of what a loving relationship seems to be like. And sure, can we bicker about issues? Completely,” he added. “One factor I grew large on once we bought married is that regardless of how aggravated we’re with one another, it doesn’t matter what occurred, we’re not going to be that couple that sleeps in separate rooms. There are such a lot of mother and father who do this now and the youngsters assume it is regular and that is not a wholesome relationship.”

Riley Gaines provides a speech at Penn State. (Riley Gaines)

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The loving parents spoke about, amongst different issues, the beginning course of, the hospital keep and the primary week at residence with Margot.

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