Ron Howard Is ‘Proud’ of Only Son Who Gave Him a Granddaughter with Blonde Hair

• Ron Howard is a dad of four.
• The actor’s only son, who looks just like him, has a daughter with blonde hair.
• All of Ron’s kids have red hair, including his wife, Cheryl Howard.

Award-winning director Ron Howard has four children whom he shares with his wife of four decades. The couple has three daughters and one son, whose daughter does not have the family’s signature hair color.

Ron opened up about being a parent in a March 2010 interview. He discussed the challenges he faced in the early years of parenthood and how he evolved from thereon.

“I felt pressure about being a father, more pressure than I would have ever imagined — trying to do it right, to be what I should be to my kids,” said the doting parent.

Although he felt under pressure at the time, Ron admitted he would not “trade” that experience for anything. “I think I’ve probably learned more and grown more because I’m a father than for any other reason,” he expressed.

Ron and his wife Cheryl Howard wed in June 1975 and became first-time parents when they welcomed their eldest child, daughter Bryce Howard, in March 1981.

The duo later became parents of three when their twin daughters, Paige and Jocelyn Howard, were born in February 1985. Their youngest child and only son, Reed Howard, was born in April 1987.

The family patriarch explained that when he and Cheryl welcomed their firstborn, things were “manageable.” However, after learning they would be having twins later on, things became challenging.

The acclaimed actor revealed his beloved wife spent several months in bed and she was going crazy. “For the first time in my life, I had to take a lot of extra responsibility at home,” Ron remembered.

During that period, he had to film the movie “Cocoon” and questioned whether he could do it. “And I suddenly realized that I could handle it. I think that was a watershed time in my life both as a parent and as a person,” said the father of four.

In addition to being a dad, Ron is also a doting grandfather. His eldest child, Bryce, has two kids: son Theo, whom he has influenced creatively, and daughter Beatrice. The star has two other granddaughters, Elodie and Aspen.

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