Chip and Joanna Gaines have become some of the biggest HGTV names since the success of "Fixer Upper," but the renovation duo has expressed that they don't necessarily expect their kids to follow in their famous footsteps. Instead, the Waco renovators encourage their teenagers to cultivate their own identities.

"Obviously at some point it'd be so fun to have one or two of our kids work with us, but that's definitely not what we're saying out loud to them," Joanna told People. "Chip is really good at saying, 'You need your own identity. When you're finished with college, go do some stuff on your own. Learn some stuff. And then if you want to come back years later and teach us, we're here.'"

This advice is especially applicable to their oldest son, Drake, who graduated high school in May of 2023 and started college the following fall. While Joanna has opened up about how emotional the change has been for her, supporting her children's individual paths is just one way that the mother parents her teenagers.