“He figured out, no, it’s totally different,” Donna Kelce says of son Jason’s parenting sšš¾ššs in an interview with PEOPLE. Donna KelceĀ knows a thing or two about parenting.Ā
InĀ an interview promoting her partnership with Barefoot Wines, theĀ NFL mom, 71, shared that her sonĀ Jason, who turns 36 on Sunday, āthought he could raise the girls like boys,ā speaking of her three granddaughtersĀ Wyatt, 4,Ā Elliotte, 2, andĀ Bennett, 8 months.
Donna tells PEOPLE that Jason ādoesn’t come to her for parenting advice.ā Instead, she explains that Jasonās wifeĀ KylieĀ is āvery involvedā and āgives him tips because obviously she was [from] an all girls family.ā
āHe thought he could raise the girls like boys and then he figured out, no, it’s totally different,ā says Donna. The mom of two boys explained that the the Philadelphia Eagles center and Super Bowl champ had to realize āitās not like when he grew upāĀ with brotherĀ Travis Kelce, 34.
Jason Kelce, Kylie Kelce and their kids Elliotte, Bennett and Wyatt.
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Donna said that Jason is āvery gentleā with his girls, telling PEOPLE, āwhen he’s kind of roughhousing a little bit, they’ll say, āStop, it’s too much,ā and he’s like, āOkay, girls.ā So he’s had to take a step back.ā
During the interview with PEOPLE,Ā Donna also opened up about son Travisās love of his nieces.
Donna said that Travis, the Kansas City Chiefs tight end who has made global headlines this fall amidĀ his romance with Taylor Swift,Ā ālovesā being an uncle, before clarifying that āhe loves kids, period.ā
The NFL mom added that her younger son is “really a good uncle,ā emphasizing that āhe’s so good and animated.ā
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āHeās a kid himself,” she says of Travis. “He just feels like heās one of them. I donāt think heās ever going to grow up.ā
Travisās adorable interactions with his nieces caught the attention of fansĀ when Jasonās oldest daughter Wyatt recently made an appearance on the brothers’ podcastĀ New Heights with Jason and Travis KelceĀ (Presented by Wave Sports + Entertainment).
“Wyatt asked if she could say hi,” Jason said before hoisting the 4-year-old onto his lap.
Travis gasped and said, “Look at you!” as Wyatt responded, “Hi Uncle Trav!”
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“What’s up girly? How are you doing?” he asked. “How was gymnastics?”
“What are you wearing? Tell Uncle Trav what you’re wearing,” Jason said as Wyatt interjected, āa leotard!ā
Travis also chatted with another one of his nieces, Elliotte, smiling wide as the toddler appeared on screen.
When he asked her how she was doing, the little girl couldn’t stop smiling. “You’re smiling big,” Travis said. “You’re making my day.”