GiulianaandBill Rancictake parenting very seriously.
“[Duke is] fortunate that he gets to come on the road with us,” Bill, 48, tells PEOPLE. “He travels with us and in every city we give him a scavenger hunt. So when he is in New York City, he has to go to the top of the Empire State Building, he has to go to the Statue of Liberty — he’s 6,but we want him to experience thesecities and really have some takeaway. It’s experiential learning.”
Giuliana, 44, explains to PEOPLE that her very active son loves to partake in not just their work travels, but also in their careers themselves: “He loves anything to do with our jobs. I have a clothing line on HSN and he watches me on HSN.”
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Duke also likes to lend a helping hand at the family’sRPMeateries. “He loves delivering dessert at our restaurants,” Bill tells PEOPLE. “AtRPM Steak, we have a cotton-candy maker and he’ll go make cotton candy and then just bring it out to people randomly and I’m like ‘Duke, they’re still eating their steak!’ ”
“One thing that has helped is that Duke is now in school — he’s in kindergarten. They have a full day, so during that time I am lucky in terms of my house, so I can be at work while he’s at school,” she explains. “I go in, tape the show in terms ofE! News, so it’s great. Then we travel a lot as a family.”
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Giuliana goes on to say that her son is not only curious but not shy around adults, attributing that confidence to his worldly experiences. As Bill explained to PEOPLE, “He’s a great traveler, he asks tons of questions — he’s the most inquisitive kid I’ve ever met.”
The family most recently visited Naples, Italy, where Giuliana spent her childhood before moving to the U.S. The special trip marks the first time the Rancics have taken their son to visit Giuliana’s Italian family members and while abroad, the couple also ventured to Capri andtook their son to the churchwhere they wed in 2007.
“One of the highlights of our trip to Italy this week was visiting the church we were married in almost 12 years ago,” Giuliana captioned a picture of her family standing outside the church doors. “On that day, Bill and I had no idea that we would be dealt some tough cards,like the struggle to have a child. We thought (like so many others) that our journey would be an easy one.”
And when it comes to their 12-year marriage, the couple tells PEOPLE they are “best friends” first and foremost.
“You have to be able to communicate and open dialogue with each other,” Bill explains. “You have to be proactive rather than reactive. We do something called checking in and it’s an opportunity where you cantalk about things that are bothering youand even things that you enjoy. A lot of people check in and it’s just the negative, but it’s also a time to re-enforce the positive.”
Giuliana says that in addition to checking in, sharing and finding similar-interest activities always helps to keep things fresh and exciting.
“If you don’t have similar interests, try and find some,” she advises. “It’s fine and important to have your own interests, but take some time tofigure out, ‘What can we do together?’ “
Laughing about partaking in pickleball tournaments, they say the unique sport is something that they not only look forward todoing together but is just plain fun.
“We’re technically pros,” Bill jokes to PEOPLE.
His wife concludes, “It’s something that we discovered later in our 40s, and we love it and it’s fun.”
source: people.com
