The 'Beverly Hills, 90210' actor revealed he has a secret about sharing parenting duties following his split from ex-wife Megan Fox.
First, make sure the focus is on the children and their needs .
The 50-year-old, who has sons Noah Shannon, 11, Bodhi Ransom, 10, and Journey River, 7, with actress Megan Fox, explained that it's important to accept what comes with the breakup .
' People are wrong to think that there is any way that separation will not affect children, because it certainly will . What you have in your hand is how it will affect .'
That doesn't mean putting children first is always easy for Brian and Megan, who split in 2021 after 11 years of marriage. In fact, he admitted that sometimes it's important to 'pick your own battles'.
" You have a reason why you broke up ," he continued. - Because you were not doing well. So don't expect to get along well after the breakup when raising the kids. In short, you need to shift the focus from trying to bond as a couple to co-parenting priorities .
Megan shares the same opinion about co-parenting.
" I think it's important that after the breakup, they don't look down on each other as parents or be passive-aggressive ," Megan said on "The Drew Barrymore Show" last fall. – I never do it when I'm around my children, because if I don't accept and love their father, I'm rejecting a part of them, because he is a part of them. I don't allow anything like that into my energy when I'm around my children, because if I don't accept and love their father, I'm rejecting a part of them, because he's a part of who they are .
Also, it emphasizes that you must be loving with him and when you talk about him and accepting . This gives them the freedom to be happy , because they do not carry the burden of problems between their parents .
