Forget about college funding. Dax Shepard is already budgeting for his future grandchildren.
On Monday’s episode of the Armchair Expert podcast, the actor revealed that his 11-year-old daughter Delta “told me she couldn’t wait for the baby to arrive.” He didn’t want to “judge” her wishes, so he suggested freezing her eggs once she turned 18.
“She said she wanted a baby, and I said, ‘When do you think you’re going to have your first child? When you turn 18?’ I want to support her in any way,” Shepherd explained. “I don’t want to plant seeds of criticism or anything like that.”
After Delta said no to having a child at 18, the “Parenthood” alum speculated that she wanted to have a child between the ages of 35 and 45 and offered to help her daughter with her future fertility journey.
“I said, ‘If you want, I’ll freeze your eggs when you turn 18. I’ll pay to have your eggs frozen so you don’t have to think about that.’
Shepard’s reasoning is that she knows that women can end up “struggling” with the desire to become a mother and start a career at the same time.
The comedian, who shares a Delta car with wife Kristen Bell and has a 12-year-old daughter, Lincoln, made sure to acknowledge his “luck and privilege” and said “this is not an option for most people.”
Mr. Shepherd, 51, said that despite his careful planning, Delta Air Lines thought his proposed age group was “crazy” and “too old.”
“Again, she’s 11, so it makes her seem like she’s probably 80,” he joked. “I think she’s in her mid-20s.”
Shepard added that whenever Delta decides to become a mother, she knows she will be an amazing person.
“For those who don’t know, our life is a traveling circus of Delty stuffed animals. The majority of our family’s luggage is Delty stuffed animals,” he joked.
The couple shared some anecdotes about their non-traditional parenting styles.
The podcast host revealed on a November 2025 episode of “Armchair Expert” that she was intentionally raising her two daughters “disrespectfully.”
He even admitted that one of his close friends was “shocked” at how the girls were allowed to “talk back” to their parents, or “anyone”.
In a July 2025 episode, Shepard said she and Bell, 45, allow their young children to use foul language.
“I totally swear in front of the kids,” he admitted to guest Seth Meyers. “They are allowed to take an oath, but they are not punished.”
He clarified that young children are allowed to use expletives “when necessary,” but only at home and “not in restaurants.”
