Recently, William got an early birthday gift as Kensington Palace announced that his eldest son would be attending Eton College come September.

The prestigious boarding school—which William and his brother Prince Harry attended as teenagers—educates boys 13 to 18 “to enable them to flourish and make a positive impact on others through the course of a healthy, happy and fulfilling life,” according to the school’s official website.

And that’s just one way William’s kids are following in his royal footsteps. After all, the Prince of Wales recently shares insight into how he’s setting an example for his little ones to talk openly about their feelings, even if it means they chat “sometimes too much” about their emotions.

“I get all the details,” he said during a panel discussion for BBC Radio 1’s Life Hacks: Mental Health Special Feb. 18, “which I love, you know, it’s amazing.”

While the dad of three acknowledged that an unhealthy approach to mental health struggles has been passed down intergenerationally, he emphasized how it’s up to parents today to break the cycle.

“You have to talk about your emotions,” William explained. “You can’t just bottle them up and pretend they don’t exist.”

“We’ve got a long way to go in this journey of mental health,” he added, “but it’s really crucial we know where we’ve come from because that is such important growth for all of us to get our heads around where we’re trying to head to.”

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