Rascal Flatts’ Jay DeMarcus Discusses Parenting and “Living Country”

Rascal Flatts bassist Jay DeMarcus is raising his two kids with values he believes are traditionally southern. In an interview with People, DeMarcus and wife Allison take their son and daughter to church regularly so they “know who Jesus is,” DeMarcus says. “To live country is more of a state of mind, and not about cowboy hats and living on a farm,” he adds. “It’s about your core values.” For Allison, it’s important that her children have good manners–and that her daughter always wears a bow.

https://people.com/parents/rascal-flatts-jay-demarcus-raising-kids-know-jesus/

Thomas Rhett Says 2-Year-Old Daughter Is Smarter Than He Is

Thomas Rhett is awestruck that his kids are growing up so fast. As he tells People, 1-year-old Ada is walking and his 2-year-old, Willa Gray, is “having full-on conversations with me. She’s smarter than I am. It’s only going to continue to get worse, but it’s been such a life-changing experience in all the best ways possible.” In fact, Rhett loves being a dad so much he doesn’t mind that “it’s been such a crazy last couple of years” for him and his wife, Lauren Akins. “I never thought that I could love anything more than my wife — not that I love my kids more than my wife — it’s an equal love, but it’s just a different kind of love.”

https://people.com/country/thomas-rhett-daughter-willa-gray-conversations-smarter/