Chip Gaines Admits He's Nervous About His Kids 'Driving and Dating'

Chip Gainesisn’t exactly what you’d refer to as a “helicopter parent,” but that doesn’t mean he isn’t a little nervous about having a house full of teenagers.

“I’m not a real worrywart. I enjoy each season as it comes,” Chip, 44, says in the cover story for the latest issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday.

“But you think about these little ones driving and dating, and it really does put the fear of God in your heart,” adds the formerFixer Upperstar.

Chip and his wife and business partnerJoanna Gainesare parents to five children:Crew, 11 months,Emmie Kay, 9,Duke, 10,Ella Rose, 12, andDrake, 14.

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And while the spouses have a few years before their four older kids are all teenagers, the seasoned dad says he’s already getting prepared.

“When your little guy wants to go out past 10or on his first date, you thinkto yourself, ‘Already?’ But you’ve got to let them do their thing,” Chip tells PEOPLE.

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“You’d be crazy to dress in all camo and follow them like a CIA operative,” he jokes. “But I think they want to make good decisions, and we’re the kind of parents that even as they make poor decisions, wewant to give them some freedom in that.”

Adds the home-renovation pro, “Everybody makes mistakes.”

For more on Chip Gaines, pick up the latest issue ofPEOPLE, on newsstands Friday.

source: people.com