United Kingdom, Feb. 6 -- Jason Kelce struggles to get his children to try new things.

The 37-year-old star - who has daughters Wyatt, five, Elliotte, three, and 23-month-old Bennett with his wife Kylie - retired from the NFL last year and recalled that his father Ed would have him trying out a range of different sports in his childhood but his own kids think he is a "bad dad" if he does the same.

Speaking on his 'New Heights' podcast, he said: "I keep trying to get my kids to ... go and do stuff, because I feel like that's how I overcame [fears], you just go and do it and you're like, 'Oh, that isn't that bad.

"My kids won't do it.

"It doesn't work for my kids, though, they act like I'm being a bad dad by forcing them to do stuff the...