Joy Behar Reveals How Her Parents Raised Her – “They Let Me Do Whatever I Want”

On Tuesday morning’s episode of the ABC talk show “The View,” Joy Behar, Joy’s co-host, shared some details about her childhood with her parents that could explain why she is such a outspoken comedian today.

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Behar Sounds Off On Parenting

Decider reported After moderator Whoopi goldberg introduced a segment on a mother who doesn’t impose a bedtime for her child, Behar (80) began to talk about her late parents. This mother reportedly doesn’t believe in the concept of a bedtime because she wants her child to “develop naturally” “grow into someone who can stand up for herself.”

Goldberg was however not interested in any of it.

“I say let’s meet the child in five years and see who she is,” She laughed before Sara Haines, her co-host, agreed that a stricter parenting approach was better.

Behar quickly disagreed with them and stated that she raised her child the same as her parents. She described it as being like “a wolf, basically.”

“I was a wolf in the woods. They let me do whatever I want,” Behar continued. “They asked my mother one time, ‘How come Joy didn’t go to Catholic school?’ She said, ‘She didn’t want to.’ I mean that was it. I decided what I was gonna do.”

Behar continued to state that Eve was her only child and she had raised her daughter Eve in the same way. “very permissive way.”

“You don’t know what’s going to come” Behar said that your parenting style is a good example of this, citing her own experience. 

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Behar’s Daughter Is ‘Very Strict’

Behar’s daughter Eve, who works as an artist, broke the parenting cycle in her family by going a different route than her mother when it came to raising her own son. Behar went so far as to compare Eve’s parenting style to that of the Italian dictator “Mussolini.”

“She’s very strict,” She explained. “He goes to sleep at this time. He has to read 20 minutes before bed. He has to do his homework before he gets to watch TV. All of that.”

“She’s very good with that,” Behar concluded. “And I think it’s been good, especially with a boy.”

Perhaps Eve just didn’t want to risk having another Joy Behar on her hands by copying the same parenting style that resulted in her mother being the way that she is. 

This complete segment is available in the video below.

NO BEDTIME, NO PENALISM? A mother calls herself a “respectful” parent, doesn’t set a bedtime for her one-year-old daughter and says her methods are helping her daughter grow into someone who can stand up for herself — #TheView Co-hosts weigh into. https://t.co/cVclFZQmjA pic.twitter.com/vvfzLuqUNv

— The View (@TheView) January 24, 2023

Behar Talks About Her Father

This comes a month after Behar lamented that her father had taken her away “childhood trauma” Because he said that another girl in her class was prettier. Though it’s been decades since that happened, Behar complained that there are  “some things that stick in your mind.”

“Like if your father doesn’t think you’re pretty, you don’t think you’re pretty,” Behar lamented before emotionally exclaiming. “This is so sad!”

“Whatever, he’s dead now,” Behar resigned coldly. “I liked him, actually. He was very funny.”

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This complete segment is available in the video below.

Perhaps if Behar’s parents had actually imposed some rules on her as a child, she wouldn’t be the incredibly annoying woman that she is today. In the end, she serves as a cautionary tale of what your child can end up being like if you don’t involve some discipline in their lives!