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Jason Kelce is taking a few things from his own dad when it comes to disciplining his three daughters.
While speaking with his brother Travis Kelce, 34, and his mom Donna Kelce, 71, on a holiday episode of his podcast New Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce, the Philadelphia Eagles center, 36, was asked by his brother who spoils his girls more -- Jason or Donna.
"Oh man. That's close. I would assume it would have to be Jason because he's here most of the time," the Kelce family matriarch answered.
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"Do I spoil them though? I feel like I try not to," Jason responded.
"You don't, but you're very kind and you're very gentle. You know, you keep them in line. All it takes from you is just your voice and they stop," Donna noted, with Travis piping in, "That's the Ed Kelce way."
Adding that he's not a screamer, Donna said, "It's more like a voice."
"Hey! Cut it out," Travis joked, putting on a deep voice.
Laughing, Jason brought up a similar situation that happened a few nights prior.
"I'm not even making this story up. We were in their bedroom last night, or a couple nights ago actually and I'm trying to get them to go to bed," he began.
"And I just keep going like this, 'Hey. hey,'" the girl dad said, speaking in a gruff voice.
"And Wyatt's like, 'Dad? Dad? Why do you go like this?' " Jason recalled as he stared directly into the camera, unblinking. "And I'm like, 'It's because I mean business. I'm not playing around.'"
Jason shares his girls -- Elliotte, 2, Wyatt, 4, and Bennett, 10 months -- with wife Kylie Kelce.
On the first episode of season 2 of New Heights back in September, the mom of three, 31, was asked by Travis whether she or Jason plays "bad cop" more with their three girls.
"I'm bad cop, Jason's good cop," she said.
"No chance! I'm definitely bad cop," Jason fired back before adding, "Well, I'm bad cop and good cop. You never know what you're going to get, gotta keep them on their toes."
"I have to be bad cop most of the time because I'm outnumbered," Kylie leveled. "On any given day, I have to be bad cop most of the day. We're trying to limit injuries and keep the peace for the most part. And when it's just me, it's three against one and I've got to try and nip it in the bud before anything goes terribly awry."
"When Jason's home, usually he's the fun one. He does the launching onto the bed and all the things that end up in one of them crying 'Mom!' because someone sustains an injury," Kylie added.
"The only times when he's bad cop is when I say, 'Jason!' and he says, 'What?' and I say, 'A little help!'"
The NFL star agreed with his wife, laughing along with his brother.
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