Dax Shepard shared a wild promise together with his 11-year-old daughter, Delta.
“Delta was saying how she will be able to’t wait to have a child,” Shepard, 51, stated through the Monday, January 5, episode of his “Armchair Knowledgeable” podcast. “I stated, ‘When do you suppose you’ll have your first little one, once you flip 18?’ I wish to be supportive of no matter.”
When his daughter responded with “no,” Shepard guessed that Delta would have her first little one between 35 and 45 years outdated.
“I stated, ‘If you wish to, we’ll freeze your eggs once you’re 18.’ I’ll pay so that you can get your eggs frozen so that you don’t have to consider that,” the actor continued. Shepard’s podcast cohost Monica Padman praised his “pretty” gesture.
In accordance with Shepard, his daughter is “considering mid-20s” is the right age to begin having youngsters, however each he and Padman thought that Delta can be “underestimating” how a lot enjoyable she’s having at that age.
“It received’t be time for her to be in the home each evening with a baby,” Shepard stated.
Shepard shares Delta and daughter Lincoln, 12, with spouse Kristen Bell.
Each Shepard and Bell, 45, have been candid about their parenting types in a number of interviews over time. Shepard’s podcast has additionally supplied him a platform to debate fatherhood.
Shepard beforehand mentioned his daughters’ future courting lives throughout a 2023 episode of his podcast.
The actor confessed that he’s “not going to like seeing some 25-year-old dude in boxers in my kitchen” if the women have grownup “sleepovers” with their vital others as they become old. Whereas he’s “very pro-sex” and desires his daughters to be “very completely satisfied and adventurous” in terms of love, he doesn’t need any of it taking place underneath his personal roof.
One factor that’s OK in Shepard and Bell’s house is cursing, nonetheless.
“I totally swear in entrance of my youngsters,” the actor stated throughout a July 2025 episode of his podcast. “They’re allowed to swear, not with impunity, however when it’s referred to as for, they usually land it, and it’s in the home and never out at a restaurant, it’s OK.”
He added, “My protection of it’s, I simply informed the women, like, ‘Hey, these are noises that come out of your mouth, and also you assign what they imply to you.’”
Shepard defined that he thinks of this fashion, there’s “no means” that he’s introducing the women to cursing.
Bell beforehand mentioned this similar topic throughout a 2020 look on Good Morning America. The Frozen star recalled Lincoln saying: “You by no means informed me f*** was a foul phrase,” when coming residence from college in the future.
“Dax has, but once more, the most effective response,” she recalled. “He stated, ‘Pay attention, you’re a child. There are plenty of issues you may’t do till you’re an grownup. One in all them is drive my automotive. One in all them is drink alcohol. Vote. And say swear phrases.’ It’s so simple as that.”

