Tom Brady may be a seven-time Super Bowl champion, but at home, he says parenting requires knowing when to lead and when to fall in line.
“Sometimes you're a coach, sometimes you're a teammate,” Brady says.
The NFL-quarterback-turned-analyst is gearing up to travel Santa Clara, California for Super Bowl 60, bringing him near his hometown of San Mateo. The Seattle Seahawks are set to face the New England Patriots, the team with which he won six Super Bowl rings and four Super Bowl MVP awards. He took home another Super Bowl win and MVP award with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
It's a glamorous life. But on a phone call with USA TODAY on Jan. 28, Brady sounds like any other dad, talking from the car as he drives to his 18-year-old son Jack’s basketball game. He shares Jack with ex-girlfriend Bridget Moynahan, and he has two other children, Vivian, 13, and Benjamin, 16, with ex-wife Gisele Bündchen.
The 48-year-old says he’s the kind of parent who wants to “lead by example” — and it’s a rule that extends to how Brady uses social media, where he's working on curtailing his own screentime.
