“I made every mistake,” Hanksinformedthe “On Purpose with Jay Shetty” podcast in October 2024.
“As they get older, you come back around.
The actor apologized profusely to his son and expressed concern that Truman had felt bored.
“He looked at me .
and said, ‘Dad, I’m never bored,'” Hanks recalled to Shetty.
To his delight, Hanks discovered his other kids feel similarly.
Regardless, he took an individualistic approach to parenting each of them.
He also relied on trial and error.
In addition, he also struggled when he and his first wife divorced.
Hanks worried that the emotional fallout of the situation would be harmful to his kids.
Fortunately, over the years, Hanks has developed a crucial philosophy for combatting any parenting missteps.
Hanks informedThe New York Times.
