Jackson \u2013 who also has Ryan, 43, with ex-wife Lynne Sweeney \u2013 previously admitted he has a \u201clot of regrets\u201d about the father he was when his children were younger.<\/p>\n
He told AARP in 2021: \u201cLove of our children motivates us to work hard for a future where they\u2019ll be safe and nurtured and will flourish. You know, I tried. But I think I could have done a lot better \u2013 I have lots of regrets.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s very difficult to divide your time between the imperatives of a creative life and the awesome responsibility of guiding and caring for the life of a child. And some of the small mistakes are the most difficult to rectify \u2013 a seemingly little mistake, but a wrong turn.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t want to unpack them here, but I\u2019ll just say that my relationships with my two boys are the most important relationships I have.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Somebody\u2019s Baby hitmaker has worked hard to be a better parent.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cI\u2019ve been through years of self-examination about my role as a parent, and I tend to think that the measure of your love is the degree to which you continue to try.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou never stop being a parent.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jackson previously spoke of his pride in Ethan.<\/p>\n
He told Tru Rock Revival in 2022: \u201cEthan is a great father. He\u2019s a great son, a great man.<\/p>\n
\u201cI love seeing him with his kids. When I see him in his movies, modelling, with his daughter, and being such a great dad, it makes me very proud.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt makes me feel I\u2019ve done something really right in my life.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jackson \u2013 who also has Ryan, 43, with ex-wife Lynne Sweeney \u2013 previously admitted he has a \u201clot…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":157796,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[104317,104316,104318,13242,634,6179,156,32253,2109,78,30641,111,139,69,1118,22639,9343],"class_list":["post-157795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-104317","tag-browne","tag-brownes","tag-confirms","tag-death","tag-died","tag-entertainment","tag-ethan","tag-family","tag-in","tag-jackson","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-of","tag-son","tag-statement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}