HAVING THREE KIDS UNDER 4 Is Never Easy!

The Bachelor alum and his wife, Lauren, are outnumbered by little ones

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Chaos reigns at the Scottsdale, Ariz., home Arie Luyendyk Jr. shares with wife Lauren, 31, and their daughter Alessi, 4, and 2-year-olds, Lux and  Senna. “The twins are all over the house getting into everything,” says the race car driver-turned-realtor, 42, “and Alessi is like a little teenager who’s constantly testing our boundaries.” So Arie says he and Lauren (co-creators of the dating app DUO) are leaning into the insanity: “Having three kids under 4 is never going to be easy!” Here, he talks to In Touch’s Fortune Benatar about fatherhood, his partnership with Advance Auto Parts and the star who left Lauren speechless. 

What’s your biggest parenting challenge right now?

AL: Gosh, what isn’t a challenge? The hard part is finding a good balance between being strict yet loving. Alessi is so smart, and she’s starting to talk back a little. She’s like a mirror: If we say something inappropriate, she’ll come back at us with it days later.

Does she take after you?