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Jim Gaffigan Jokes Raising 5 Kids Involved 'Enormous Amounts Of Humiliation': 'Children Are Evil'

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Jim Gaffigan candidly joked about what it's like raising five children

The actor and comedian said that parenting is the "most important thing I'll fail at"

The father of five shares his children with his wife Jeannie Gaffigan

Jim Gaffigan is getting real about what it's like to raise five children.

During a panel session at Tribeca Festival on Thursday, June 5, the comedian, 58, spoke with Michael Ian Black about what it's like being a father to five children and how his perception of his kids changed over time.

"I would say 20 years ago, I mean, I have a 21-year-old, but I was much more of the view of I'm kind of befuddled by parenting, or I'm not equipped for it. And my viewpoint now is that children are evil," he teased. "I joke around and say, parenting is the most important thing I'll fail at, and there is something to that. But, I think that if human beings remembered how difficult and complicated and impossible, teenagers are the species which cease to exist."

"I think that we forget that parenting is similar to the entertainment industry, filled with enormous amounts of humiliation, and you're biting your tongue a lot," he added. "When kids are younger, there's a cuteness to it, but when your kids are teenagers, they're not conscious of it, but there's a cruelty that you're exposed to."

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Michael Ian Black and Jim Gaffigan.

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The dad of five went on to say that there is a cycle of embarrassment that exists between parents and their children.

"The great irony is that they embarrass you when they're younger and then at some point for no reason at all, you are the largest source of embarrassment that's ever occurred to them," he said. "Everyone who's had a parent understands that feeling."

Jim Gaffigan Is 'Starting My Own Nationality' with His Five Kids

Jim Gaffigan Shares Why Raising 5 Kids Can Be 'Terrifying': 'Wonderful and Really Hard'

The actor shares children Patrick, 12, Michael, 13, Katie, 16, Jack, 19, and Marre, 21, with his wife, Jeannie Gaffigan. He joked on X (formerly Twitter) in April 2013 that the "hardest part of parenting is when I'm with my kids."

"I have five because I'm secretly starting my own nationality," he joked with PEOPLE in 2016. He added that each of his kids "has made me a more decent person and a better person, and based on that, all I would need is 34 more to be a decent guy."

Jim Gaffigan and Jeannie Gaffigan with their kids.

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Gaffigan told Today that being a father to five kids can be "terrifying."

"It's wonderful and really, really hard," he shared. "What no one tells you is that when they get older, it gets so much harder. It's just a different type of hard."

The Linoleum star noted that one of the most "frustrating" things as a parent is "being able to communicate some of the things that I might have learned in a way where they might hear it."

Baltimore Community Devastated Over Shooting Death Of 6-year-old Elementary Student - CBS News

A Baltimore community is devastated following the shooting death of a 6-year-old this past weekend.

Micah Comegys, a kindergartener at a Baltimore City school, was found dead from a gunshot wound inside a home on Vine Street in the Poppleton neighborhood on Saturday, May 3.

Police are still trying to figure out who pulled the trigger and why the boy was in that neighborhood.

A neighbor told WJZ that Micah lived in the St. Joseph's neighborhood, which is nearly three miles from where he was found dead.

The neighbor said Micah was a funny child who attended kindergarten with her son. She remembers his big smile and his love for telling jokes.

"Everybody's devastated," said Brooklyn, the neighbor. "This was not something that was expected by any means. He reminded me of a little old man in a small body. He was very smart, you know? He just always had something funny to say. His mom absolutely loved that boy, and that boy loved his mother."

Brooklyn said Micah was his mother's only child, and isn't sure why he was in the Poppleton neighborhood.

"I just know that where he was is not where he lived," Brooklyn said.

Elementary school mourns student's death

Baltimore Police responded around 2:45 p.M. To the home in the 800 block of Vine Street.

When officers arrived, they found a gun and the body of the 6-year-old, who had a single gunshot wound. Police said no one else was inside the home when officers arrived, and one shot was fired from inside the home.

"I can tell you what we will find is that whoever owns the gun, if it wasn't properly stored, they will be prosecuted to the best of our ability," Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley said.

Baltimore City Schools confirmed that Micah was a student at Mary E. Rodman Elementary School.

Brooklyn said she received a letter from the school saying that additional crisis services were on hand for students and staff as they cope with Micah's death.

"It is with deep sadness that we inform you about the recent passing of one of our students," the school said in the letter. "Our thoughts are with his family during this difficult time. This death is sure to raise many emotions, concerns, and questions for the entire school, especially our students. The Baltimore City Public Schools' Crisis Response Team is providing counseling and support to students and staff members."

Anyone with information can call Baltimore City Police or report a tip anonymously through Metro Crime Stoppers at 866-7LockUp.

Poppleton community battles for resources

The Poppleton Now Community Association is fighting for more resources for people in that community.

Sonia Eaddy, who has lived in the Poppleton section of the city her entire life, remembers bustling sidewalks with neighbors talking to each other, sharing meals together, and helping one another.

She accuses the city of displacing residents and eliminating the community.

Eaddy says it can feel like a forgotten neighborhood, and this tragedy underscores why the community needs support.

"Nobody's looking at the need," Eaddy said. "We just look at what happened. But if we can put these things in place… [to] satisfy that need, then a lot of these things that our youth are facing wouldn't be here," Eaddy said.

6-year-old Boy Fatally Shoots 5-year-old Sister In Indiana - WLTX.com

The boy told police he found the key to the safe in his parents' bedroom and removed the gun while his mother was napping.

MUNCIE, Ind. — A 6-year-old boy fatally shot his 5-year-old sister in their home in eastern Indiana and their parents have been arrested in the killing, police said.

First responders discovered the girl with a gunshot wound to the head early Tuesday afternoon at the home in Muncie, 60 miles northeast of Indianapolis. She was taken to IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital, where she was pronounced dead, WTTV reported.

Jacob Grayson told investigators his 6-year-old son removed one of two loaded handguns from a safe and shot his sister, police said.

Grayson, 28, and his 27-year-old wife, Kimberly Grayson, were preliminarily charged with neglect of a dependent resulting in death and three other counts of neglect, Deputy Police Chief Melissa Criswell said.

The boy told police he found the key to the safe in his parents' bedroom and removed the gun while his mother was napping.

The parents told police their son had opened the safe before, and Kimberly Grayson said she and her husband had taken the boy to a shooting range to teach him how to fire a handgun.

According to data analyzed by advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety, so far this year there have been at least 158 unintentional shootings by children in the U.S., resulting in 68 deaths and 99 injuries.

Earlier this month, an 8-year-old boy was shot and killed by his 5-year-old brother at an Arkansas home in what the local sheriff called a "tragic accident."

Last month, an 8-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed a 1-year-old girl and injured a 2-year-old girl at a Florida motel.

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