Hilary Duff’s Daughter Once Screamed, “Daddy’s Better Than You Anyway”

Hilary Duff shared a very relatable parenting story on The Jennifer Hudson Show about travelling alone with her kids after a summer vacation when things went sideways in an airport food court. After about 10 hours of travel, Duff said all she wanted was for her four-year-old to eat some chicken at Chipotle before continuing the day on a steady diet of junk food. Her daughter was not interested.

According to Duff, the exhausted little one had a full meltdown, doing a backbend in the food court before yelling, “Daddy’s better than you anyway.” Duff, who said she was juggling bags and kids while running on fumes, had the perfect response ready: “I know that’s not true. You like me better. Eat the chicken.”

During the interview, Duff also talked about raising four kids and joked that while her younger children still give her plenty of “cool points,” her oldest definitely keeps her humble. “Not my teenager,” Duff said, laughing.

Her younger kids, though, are apparently big fans of going to her live music shows. Duff said they love seeing the confetti cannons go off during the concert and get especially excited when she does a wardrobe change and comes back out in a new outfit.

Her teenage son may be harder to impress, but Duff added that some of his friends go out of their way to talk to her, something she seems happy to count as a small parental victory.

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The family ritual that her kids resist every weekend

Duff also shared one of the family habits that reliably gets eye-rolls at home: the “mandatory family walk.” On weekends, she and her husband apparently start singing, “It’s the mandatory family walk,” until everyone gets their shoes on, grabs a dog leash and heads outside.

The kids are never thrilled at first, she said, but the walk usually ends up being worth it. Duff explained that they wind up having great chats and solid family time together. She also shared a sweet detail about her youngest, Townes, who likes to collect leaves and rocks and tuck them into her shirt during the walk—tiny treasures that later turn up in the washing machine.

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