Joshua Hall says he is “the authority” with Christina Hall’s kids

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Joshua room learned how to become a stepparent after getting married Christina hall (née Haack), and is not afraid to be the disciplinarian.

“Christina is the one who says. ‘Whatever you want,’” 42-year-old Joshua recently said Entertainment tonight, noting that he has an authoritative parenting style. “I haven’t been with these kids all their lives, but the time I’ve been around, they already know, ‘If Josh says no, ask Mom.'”

The Flip or Flop alum, 39, became a mother in 2011 and gave birth to daughter Taylor, now 12, who she shares with ex-husband Tarek El Moussa. Christina and her former HGTV costar, 41, later welcomed son Brayden, now 7, before splitting in 2016. Christina and El Moussa – who welcomed son Tristan Jay with wife Heather Rae El Moussa (née Young) in January – finalized their divorce in 2018.

After her divorce from Tarek, Christina moved on Ant Anstead, tied the knot in 2019 before their son Hudson, now 3, arrived. After Christina and Anstead’s divorce in 2021, they were involved in a contentious custody battle. Anstead, 44, had claimed that Christina using Hudson on her TV shows and social media ads was exploitative, which she has since denied. They settled their lawsuit last year.

The Kristina on the coast designer later found love with Josh and they secretly marry in April 2022.

“At this point in my life, I value privacy if I can get it. So Josh and I decided to have a courthouse ceremony, just the two of us,” she revealed on the first episode of Christina in the country, which premiered on HGTV in December 2022. “Something private, just for us. And later we will hold a reception for the children and the family.”

Christina and Josh – who have since formed a joint production company – held a second wedding ceremony in September 2022 in the presence of all three of her children. After their marriage, Josh quickly stepped into a supportive parent role, even calling himself a “protector” of Taylor, Brayden, and Hudson in his Instagram bio.

‘It’s my time to adjust. Instead of having to take care of you alone, I have three little ones that I have to pay as much attention to as you do,” he said. ET. “But I think it’s very rewarding because now I know that when those kids become adults one day for society, I will have had an impact on how they were raised and what they become.”