Henry Winkler confesses the simple secret to his five decades of successful parenting

Henry Winkler is sharing contented he's gained from 5 decades of parenting.

The "Happy Days" prima appeared connected the "Today" amusement this week, wherever helium was shown a astonishment Father's Day video connection from his children that helium admitted near him feeling "so emotional."

In the video, his girl Zoe, 45, said, "The mode you were raised and successful the household you came from, wherever you weren’t allowed to beryllium yourself and you weren’t allowed to question oregon talk your mind. You did the nonstop opposite, and you raised america successful the astir loving location wherever we could beryllium ourselves."

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Henry Winkler's children amazed him with a peculiar Father's Day connection during a caller quality connected the "Today" show. (Getty Images)

"Fifty years of unthinkable memories, which is unbelievable," Jed, Winkler's wife's lad from a erstwhile marriage, noted, portion lad Max, 41, said, "I privation you the happiest, happiest Father's Day, and I emotion you truthful much."

When the video finished playing, Winkler was seen tearing up arsenic helium profusely thanked the squad who enactment the clips of his children together.

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Henry Winkler and woman Stacey Weitzman stock 2 children: Zoe, pictured here, and Max. (Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for This Is About Humanity)

"Today" big Jenna Bush Hager, who was truthful touched that she began crying herself, asked him, "What did you bash to rise specified beauteous children?"

"I'm going to archer you now, I deliberation that the halfway of all relationships … is the ear," helium answered. "It is not however you meant it, it is however it landed. It's however it's heard."

He continued, "And I was ne'er capable to accidental anything. I ne'er had a constituent of presumption increasing up … and my children could accidental what was connected their mind."

Winkler has spoken successful the past astir the difficulties helium faced increasing up. His parents, 2 Jewish immigrants who had fled Nazi Germany for New York City, were precise hard connected him.

Henry Winkler played Arthur Herbert Fonzarelli, besides known arsenic The Fonz oregon Fonzie connected "Happy Days" for eleven seasons. (ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images)

As helium explained past twelvemonth connected the "How To Fail" podcast with big Elizabeth Day, helium doesn't deliberation "strict" was the due word to picture them – helium said that helium was a strict genitor himself, but his ain parents "did not spot maine … my parents did not admit who I was arsenic a quality being."

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He acknowledged that they "went done a trauma," but said "They virtually saw maine arsenic an hold to making them grander. I had to bash well. If I didn't bash well, I embarrassed them. That is simply a tragedy, it is 1 of the no-nos of being a parent – you person to spot the kid successful beforehand of you, you person to perceive the kid successful beforehand of you … if you spot your kid is having a problem, it is your occupation to marque definite you don't fto that child's self-image plummet to the bottommost of the ocean."

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Although helium didn't person a sanction for it until helium was an adult, Winkler struggled with dyslexia passim his childhood, and helium continues to conflict with it. In 2020, helium told Howard Stern that his parents called him the German connection for "dumb dog."

When helium became a father, helium admitted, "I didn't cognize if I could beryllium a parent, I conscionable knew that I was duty-bound, and I was going to get this right. Of course, you cognize you ne'er get it close … you try."

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