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- Joe, Nick and Kevin Jonas appeared on the Tuesday, Aug. 5 episode of Amy Poehler’s podcast Good Hang
- During their conversation, Joe remarked on how raising daughters is much more “delicate” than he expected it to be to raise only boys
- Joe shares daughters Willa, 5, and Delphine, 3, with ex-wife Sophie Turner
Joe Jonas is sharing his perspective on raising two daughters after growing up with only brothers.
Joe, 35, and his brothers, Nick, 32, and Kevin, 37, appeared on the Tuesday, Aug. 5 episode of Amy Poehler’s podcast Good Hang, and chatted about their brotherly bond, as well as their experiences as parents.
The Jonas Brothers singer got candid about what life is like raising his and ex-wife Sophie Turner’s daughters, Willa, 5, and Delphine, 3, mainly as it differs wildly from his childhood experience as one of four boys.
“Boys are so different than girls,” Joe said. “I’ll watch my kids on the playground and it’s, like, delicate. And then this kid will be like, ‘Ahh!’ And dive off the top of the slide. And you’re just like, ‘That is a boy.’ ”
Poehler, who is a mother to two boys, jokingly added, “Your frontal lobes close later.” Poehler, 53, shares sons Archie, 16, and Abel, 14, with ex-husband Will Arnett.
Joe also acknowledged how his experience differed, coming from a house of four boys, including youngest brother, Frankie, 24. Joe credited their “superstar” mother, Denise, for raising four sons.
“Four boys in one home. She was the boss, you know,” Joe said, saying how she instilled an “understanding of how to be nice guys to women.”
“Growing up, we needed a loud voice like her to be able to control us and also make sure that we weren’t, like, pieces of s—,” Joe continued. “I think that was important.”
Joe and Turner welcomed their two daughters during their marriage from 2019 to 2023. Kevin and his wife, Danielle Jonas, also share two daughters, Alena Rose, 11, and Valentina Angelina, 8. Nick is also the father of daughter, Malti, 3, whom he shares with his wife, Priyanka Chopra Jonas.
Joe spoke to Jay Shetty during Shetty’s On Purpose Live Tour in May about his daughter having Turner, 29, as a role model.
”Having an incredible mom, Sophie, for those girls is like a dream come true,” Joe told Shetty.
“I have a beautiful coparenting relationship that I’m really grateful for,” he said, adding, “As young girls, looking up to great women is what I want for them.”
“I think what values I want for them are to be open-minded and have a big heart, be able to walk into any room and feel confidence and know that they can do literally anything they want,” he said.
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In July, a source exclusively told PEOPLE that Joe and the Game of Thrones star “have gotten into a co-parenting rhythm that really works and they’ve figured out how to communicate.”
“There’s a mutual respect now, and the girls are their priority,” the source continued. “Joe and Sophie have hit a surprisingly peaceful groove, and they’ve maintained an amicable relationship from two continents, which isn’t easy, but they’ve managed to pull it off.”
“Things between them are better than it’s ever been since their split,” according to the source.
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