(LR) Katherine Schwarzenegger, Christina Schwarzenegger, Maria Shriver, Patrick Schwarzenegger, and Christopher Schwarzenegger.
Axel/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic/Getty ImagesMaria Shriver She learned a great sign of respect from her mother, Eunice Kennedy Shriver.
“I Make Them Stand (When I Enter the Room),” Mariah, 69, said of her four children when she appeared on the Wednesday, January 8, episode of “I Make Them Stand Up (When I Enter the Room).” Hoda Kotb's Make Room Podcast.. Maria shares Katherine, 35, Christina, 33, Patrick, 31, and Christopher, 27, with her ex-husband Arnold Schwarzenegger.
“I used to make them. Now they just stand up,” she said.
Maria continued her talk about Mother Eunice: “There are many things that I imitated from my mother, but my grandmother and my mother were great in morals.” “So, you know, when an older person walked into the room — also known as my mother — everyone stood up.”
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When Maria became a mother, she decided to go through this.
“I wanted my kids, when I walk in the room — or when their dad walks into the room, or you walk in the room — to stand up out of respect for them,” she told Kotb. “I didn't want to walk into the room and have them sit and look at the phone or watch the game.”
(LR) Christina Schwarzenegger, Maria Shriver, Patrick Schwarzenegger, and Katherine Schwarzenegger.
Eric Charbonneau/Getty Images for Global RoadMaria admitted her children “were moaning and groaning about it” at first but have since changed their tune.
“I'd be like, 'I'm here.' We are here, and I am here. Look me in the eye, say hello, thank me for coming, and write me a thank you note if I take you somewhere. That kind of thing,” she explained. “Now they say it was a good thing.”
Maria with her son Patrick I recently spoke with Us Weekly Exclusively They stressed the importance of family in their lives.
“Family is still very important, even as we get older,” Patrick told Us in September 2024. “It's good to meet new people, whether it's my fiancé or my fiancé.” (Abby is a hero)Or Catherine with her husband, (Chris Pratt)or so, and so on. We always have other guests coming to dinner.
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Patrick explained that these dinners are an “open invitation” for anyone to come.
“It's just a nice way to bring everyone together. The world is always moving so fast,” he added. “Everyone is so busy with the kids and work and traveling, so it's a nice moment throughout the week to settle in and have everyone come together.”
Of course, this was a tradition Patrick learned from his mother.
“There's a lot of research about families who eat together starting at a very young age do much better when it comes to saying no to drugs, no to alcohol, and yes to communication,” Maria said. we. “If you're really busy during the week, at least this is something you can count on.”
