Macaulay Culkin never wants his kids to feel like they’re alone.
That’s why the Home Alone alum has made it his mission to make sure his and partner Brenda Song‘s sons Dakota, 4, and Carson, 3, know they’re loved whenever possible.
“There’s a word that I use in my household because it’s something that I didn’t really hear enough of when I was a kid,” he shared on the Dec. 16 episode of Mythical Kitchen, “and that’s ‘proud.'”
Macaulay—who had a difficult childhood with his dad Christopher “Kit” Culkin—went on to explain that he “never got the ‘p’ word” growing up despite his successful acting career. So the 45-year-old said he’ll now frequently use the word with his own children.
“My kid, he does his recital,” Macaulay recalled of a specific instance. “As soon as the curtain opens, he freezes, he cries and he runs off stage. So, I go and scoop him up and the first thing out of my mouth is, ‘Man, I’m so proud of you. You were so brave to go out there like that.'”
