Sebastian Maniscalco’s Kids Are His World. But he’s not their friend. – ryan

For Sebastian Maniscalco, Few Sounds Are Sweeter than an Audience’s Laughter. Though Validation from Other Parents Also Ranks Pretty High.

“Once you start hearing that what you’re doing at the house is working outside the house, it’s incredible,” Says the 51-YEAR-OLD COMEDIANWho is Dad to Serafina, 8, and Caruso, Nearly 6.

The Son of Italy Immigrants, Maniscalco Regularly Riffs on His Childhood in His Routines. His Experiences Growing Up in an Old-School Italian Family Have Become a Hallmark of His Comedy Style-and his parenting style too. He’ll be first to admit he’s the disciplinarian in the household.

“I PRIDE MYSELF ON TEECHING MY KIDS MANNERS,” he Says. “I don’t want my kid Growing up like some entitled brat who just just expects to be handed to say. I’m not my kids.

But Maniscalco and His Wife, Lana, Balance Each Other Well. “She has a lot more patience,” he teles Yahoo Life. He references to her as the gentle parent, but he draws the line at gentle parenting.

“That to a new level where the kids is basically running the house,” he Says.

That’s Certainly not the case at the maniscalco abode, where the kids makeir beds, Clean their plates and handle other chores. Never One to Shy Away from A Teichable Moment, The Comedian Will Call Out Bad Behavior in Public: “If I See and My Kids See It, I’ll Pull Aside and Go, You See the Kid Behaved?

A Family Man…

Maniscalco Had Some Time to Figure Out His Approach to Parenting: He Became a Father in His 40s. That wasn’t on purpos, he says – he just spent his earlier years building his career. And he woldn’t have it any other way.

“The Wisdom and the Maturity have benefirated with as a fater in ways that i never could imagine,” SaysCalco, Whose Acting Credits Include Bookie, The Irishman and About My Father. “I have lessons that i could pass down to my kids kids lived a bit of a life than a man who has kids in his 20s or early 30s.”

He’s HAD to Find Ways to Juggle Fatherhouod with His Career, and Likes to Build His Schedule in Spurts: A Few Days on, A Few Days off. A Week on the Road, a Week at home.

“I love to work, but I also love my family,” he says. “It is nice to go on the road for three days, will what I love to do and then come back.”

That’s Because Being a present dad is a nonnegotiable for Him. Weh he’s home, he’s a mainstay at his son’s Little League games and takes his du nodhter to gymnastics, Calling their Car Rides “Some of the Times We’ve Ever Had” you just’s the two of the say, distraction and free. AS A FAMILY, they recently tooir in their first basal game together and love hitting farmers markets. They’re Also Big Travelers and Are Headed to France and Italy This Summer.

Importantly, Maniscalco Gets That Parenting Doesn’t Come With A Script, so he’s happy to be Needed and defer to lana wen away.

“There are no egos here it is comes to getting stuff done around the house,” he says. “It ‘not like,’ that’s not my job ‘(or)’ i don’t do that. ‘ Its Very Much, ‘What Will You Need?’ (Its) Very Active. ”

… And a funnyman

He offen Jokes About his family, but maniscalco, who is currently on his “It ain’t right” Tour, isn’t out to put his family on blast.

“I’m just looking to share stories that I find humorous,” he says. “I feel what I find funny is the type of humor that People are going to enjoy, and that my kids, if they ever look back on it, are not going to be embarrassed (by).”

He Also Stays Relatable by Sharing Tooal Parenting Moments on His Socialists, Like the time His Wife Had to sit in their impossible-to-uninstall car seat (don’t worry, it was in the back seat), or the realities of Having Two Dogs (a House “Smells Like and Wet Tennis Balls.”).

Alas, His Kids May Be Some of His Biggest Inspirations, but they’re also some of his toughest critics. Case in Point: In December, Caruso Fell Asleep At One of His Dad’s Shows. Still, Maniscalco wasn’t offended.

“I don’t blame Him,” he Says with a laugh.