New Skye Hoppus (wife of Mark Hoppus from Blink-182 and Plus-44) Interview

Mark had never really held a baby until our son was born, so to be honest he was a little nervous. I remember Mark saying, "I don't know how to hold him. I don't know if I'm doing the right thing." But with Mark it hit the second our son was born.

It's just one of those things that you know as a parent, that's hard to explain to people who aren't parents. But Mark's always been an amazing wonderful, hands-on parent, even when he's on tour.

We make it a huge priority in our family to be together as much as we can, even though we don't lead a “conventional lifestyle.” So if that means we get on a plane and go see Mark for a few weeks on tour, so that we can try to assemble some sort of family life, we do.

It's just what you do. You make sacrifices; you make decisions to put your family first. And that's always been our mentality. Mark has always been there, even during my pregnancy. He was on tour during the first part of my pregnancy, but he made sure that towards the end he was there and was just as involved as any “regular” dad would be.

I think it's really important for kids to see that inspiration and have that inspiration from their parents. Some kids don't have that and I think it's really important to have that strong family unit. Even if, like I said, we don't have the conventional lifestyle that our neighbors do, we still make it a priority to be together as much as we can.

 

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