Former child star Joey Lawrence is all grown up and a father to three children.
Charli arrived in 2006 and Liberty in 2010.
Joey has made no secret of his affection for his children and views fatherhood as a gift.
“No words will ever be able to describe what I feel inside when I look at my daughters.
“I am such a blessed man.
The gift of fatherhood is the greatest gift of all, and I am just so incredibly grateful.”
The “Blossom” actor is a dedicated parent intent on raising his children without outside help.
“We don’t have nannies.
We do the parenting ourselves,” he toldOK!magazine in 2013.
In the same interview, he also spoke about being a girl dad.
“I wouldn’t change it for the world.
But who are Joey Lawrence’s three daughters?
It’s time to meet them.
It’s an incredible blessing and privilege.
It’s a lot of change, it’s different, but it’s all good.”
It’s a tremendous amount of responsibility.
It’s what life is all about.”
It sounds like it took a little while for Joey’s career to catch up with his dad phase.
“I don’t get to play dads too much.
actor was reluctant to let her career start as early as his did.
“My daughter Charli, who’s almost 9, she wants to try it.
She’s amazing at it,” the proud dad toldThe Rebel Chickin 2015.
I just literally had her cold read it, and she’s amazing.”
Joey said he sent the audition in, and his daughter landed the pilot.
“Cause it’s just not what it used to be.
When I was growing up it’s just so different now.
I know that sounds cliche, but it really is so different.”
She had a small part as the character Madison Everstone.
“Because you know what happens to nine out of ten of these young ladies?
It’s that they get used and spit out, and nobody remembers them.
And all they want is to do this, and they can’t do this later.”
He did acknowledge that he will support them if they decide to pursue acting careers when they are older.
This is not the only time Joey has spoken about discouraging his daughters from being child stars.
Charli Lawrence loves books
Charleston “Charli” Lawrence loved to read from an early age.
A couple years later, Joey gavePeoplean update on Charli’s love of reading.
“A couple of Beverly Cleary ones are coming up.”
Before he knew it, Joey’s kids went from reading Beverly Cleary to surfing the World Wide Web.
“It’s very tough to navigate as a young person through these times.”
“My 9-year-old for sure, you know she’s almost 9.
She knows it, yeah.
“And the reason why is simple: it’s not age-appropriate.
“I mean, it really is for teens and young adults and people our age.”
“I’m not one of those actors that loves to bleed the two together.”
“I don’t post pictures on Instagram of myself and the kids.
It’s all about me, my work, my fans, and the relationship I have with them.
I want my kids to have normal lives,” he said.
The photo showed them smiling with their pet dog.
Joey used the caption to speak about how much they mean to him.
“My reason for life.
My greatest blessings,” he wrote.
As he once toldPregnancy, “Girls are incredibly intuitive and sensitive.”
“I want them to be leaders.
“Not be afraid to speak their mind.
I never want them to do anything that they don’t want to do.”
“They come home from school.
They say that my friend said this and that.
One is eight, and the other is four.
They both go through it,” he said.
In a 2016 interview with PopSugar, he offered a glimpse into what their family traditions include.
“We take a stab at keep it as traditional as possible.
That is our tradition keeping it traditional.”
“The Elf on a Shelf just came a couple days ago.
He’s doing wild and crazy things.
He’s in a new position in the house creating chaos as the elves do,” he said.
The “Blossom” alum also noted that they do Thanksgiving at his house every year.
“I’m a strict dad!
I’m not trying to be my daughters' BFF.
I’m more of a traditional dad,” he toldUs Weeklyin 2013.
He touched on this in an Instagram post in 2023.
“It’s really the Wild West out there.
the “Brotherly Love” actor wrote in the caption.
“Everyone is happy and healthy, and we are overjoyed with gratitude.
Wow, what a beautiful journey.”
Two weeks after Dylan was born, Cope toldTooFab, “She’s growing too fast.”
In August of that year, he toldExtrathat he was in a state of bliss.
Of course, that’s not to say raising a newborn doesn’t come with challenges.
“It’s keeping me young and it’s aging me,” he joked toPeoplein December 2023.
“I’m well broken in.
And those sweet posts are paired with sweet captions about being a father.
“The purest joy there is, I’ve been blessed with three wonderful daughters.
#girldad for life!”
the veteran actor captioned anInstagrampost from May 2023.
“Yesterday was certainly one of those times.
I have been blessed three times over with three beautiful, amazing, wonderful daughters!”
