2:01pm PDT, Sep 28, 2023
Terminator parenting
When your dad’s the Terminator, you can say “hasta la vista, baby” to that unmade bed. Arnold Schwarzenegger recently shared a glimpse of his approach to parenting, and it was … strict, to say the least. While speaking to People about his new book, “Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life,” the Austria-born star jovially recalled how his then 9-year-old son, Patrick Schwarzenegger’s failure to make his bed inspired Arnie to toss his mattress off a balcony. “I opened up the door to the balcony, picked up the mattress and threw it down with the bedsheets, the pillows, everything. I said, ‘Don’t ever make someone come in and clean your room, clean your shower or make your bed,’ I said, ‘because I taught you how to make the bed.'” Similar “life lessons” followed — and they weren’t limited to the boys Arnold shares with his…
