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Ryan Reynolds was raised in a vastly different environment compared to the one his children are growing up in.
The Deadpool star recently sat down with The Hollywood Reporter to discuss his latest ventures, nationality, and life with wife Blake Lively and their four children James, 9, Inez, 8, and Betty, 5, and Olin, 1. Reynolds revealed that he and Lively both grew up in working class families and that his kids are being raised with luxuries he never had.
"I try not to impose upon them the difference in their childhood to my childhood or my wife’s childhood. We both grew up very working class, and I remember when they were very young, I used to say or think, like, 'Oh God, I would never have had a gift like this when I was a kid,' or, 'I never would’ve had this luxury of getting takeout,' or whatever."
He continued:
"When I was a kid, you would just suck it up, get out of the house and be back by sundown, which I just can't even imagine now."
The Proposal standout takes pride in how grateful, empathetic, and "in touch" with the world his children are.
"They're already very much in touch with gratitude and understanding the world enough to have a strong sense of empathy. Those are the things that I would think [would indicate] we’re doing an OK job — if our kids can empathize with other people and other kids."
For more on Reynolds' and Lively's children, read: Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds' Son Olin's Famous Godfather Finally Revealed.