Watch: Alex Honnold Shares How His Kids Feel About His Free Solo Climbing CareerAlex Honnold's kids aren't quite roped into his death-defying lifestyle. Nearly two weeks after the professional climber successfully scaled to the top of Taiwan's tallest building without any gear during Netflix's Skyscraper Live, he explained that his and wife Sanni McCandless Honnold's daughters June, 4, and Summer, 2, were not interested in his feat. "They weren't really watching," Alex said of his family's rewatch during an exclusive interview with E! News' Will Marfuggi. "They didn't care." And while the free solo event-now streaming on Netflix-inspired anxiety in viewers like Kim Kardashian and Hannah Berner, the Free Solo star admitted his kids are blissfully unaware of what he does for a living. "I don't think they even know what climbing is, necessarily," he continued. "It's just normal. They have no idea what I do." Envisioning the future, the 40-year-old added, "It is interesting to think that at some point they'll be teenagers and they'll probably watch Free Solo or some of these other things and be like, 'Oh, wow. Our parents used to look so young and fresh before they got haggard having kids.'" readSkyscraper Live Host Elle Duncan Reveals Plan for If Alex Honnold Fell and Died During Taipei 101 ClimbBut while June and Summer might not fully grasp the concept of free soloing, Alex and Sanni let their children have their own adventures out in nature, as they "scramble" around during what he called "hiking with consequences." And if that adventurous spirit inspires them to follow in their dad's footsteps someday, who is he to stop them? Alex Honnold/Instagram"I'm not going to encourage my kids to do that," Alex shared, "but I totally understand if my kids go from hiking to easy scrambling to very easy free soloing-once they feel capable and ready and they can manage the risk themselves. It's all part of a spectrum." Plus, teaching his daughters to minimize and mitigate risk, in all areas of life, is how Alex views his role as a dad. CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images"My goal as a parent is to enable them [and] give them the tools for success," he explained. "I want them to feel comfortable, be unafraid in the mountains, be unafraid in life, feel comfortable doing whatever they want to do." Alex concluded, "So, if they're interested in that, if they're drawn to that, then power to them. They can make good decisions." Read on for other professional athletes whose kids have taken after them. NBC via Getty ImagesMichael Jordan, Jeffrey Jordan and Marcus JordanConsidered by many to be the greatest basketball player of all time, it didn't come as a surprise that the Chicago Bulls alum's sons, Jeffrey Jordan and Marcus Jordan, sought to follow in his footsteps. After shooting hoops in high school, Jeffrey went on to play in college at both the University of Illinois and University of Central Florida, eager to step out of his dad's shadow. "I guess I'm not the top one or two or three or four players in my state," Jeffrey told The Washington Post in 2005, "but I want to show that I can play here and that I'm not just a name." Marcus also played basketball during his own studies at UCF, crediting his dad for helping him chart his own path. "He was giving me tips and pointers whenever I had questions and stuff like that," he told The Gainesville Sun in 2011, "but really he was just telling me to be focused and work hard every day, because eventually it will pay off."Joe Robbins/Getty Images LeBron James, Bronny James and Bryce JamesBronny James (born LeBron James Jr. on born Oct. 6, 2004) played high school basketball for Chatsworth Sierra Canyon in the San Fernando Valley before graduating to the University of Southern California. While the NBA schedule has often kept LeBron from being able to attend a full slate of his son's games, he went to great lengths to watch Bronny in action. In fact, he once chartered a plane on an off-day to catch Sierra Canyon play against his own alma mater, St. Vincent-St. Mary in Akron, Ohio. "To go watch my son play...and also versus my alma mater," LeBron told reporters, "it's a pretty surreal, come-full-circle, unbelievable thing." In June 2024, Bronny was drafted to the Los Angeles Lakers, making him and LeBron the first father-son duo to play in the NBA at the same time. As for LeBron's younger son Bryce James? He started playing college basketball for the University of Arizona in 2025. Issac Baldizon/NBAE via Getty Images Dwyane Wade and Zaire WadeAlso helping to make up the Sierra Canyon all-star squad? Zaire Wade, the eldest son of retired Miami Heat star. "You've got to embrace it," Zaire, who transferred there in December 2019 from Florida, told Yahoo! Sports about the unusual amount of attention being paid to his team. "There are cameras on us wherever we go. There has been a lot of attention on me my whole life, but this is crazy. This is another level." However, Zaire-unhappy w