Hugh Jackman has ‘strict dating rules’ for daughter Ava, 18, as she starts final year of school

Hugh Jackman’s daughter is growing up and he has some ‘strict rules’ for the youngster (Picture: Getty/Rex)

Hugh Jackman has set ‘strict dating rules’ his daughter Ava needs to follow now she’s heading into her last year of school, a family friend has said.

Wolverine actor Hugh, 54, shares Ava, 18, and son Oscar, 23, with his wife Deborra-Lee Furness, 67.

As Ava enters her last year of high school, the Hollywood star has laid down some strict rules for the teen that her parents have said the youngster must follow to ‘earn her father’s trust,’ according to a source.

‘There is a prom a year away, so even Hugh knows he can’t stop this,’ a family friend reportedly told Woman’s Day.

They said that The Greatest Showman actor is ‘struggling with the fact is baby girl is growing up,’ before saying the teen has a special relationship with her father.

‘Ava’s always been a daddy’s girl so she knows she has to go easy on him. As her mum wisely told her, “Trust is earned, so don’t screw it up,”‘ they continued.

A source has said Ava has some strict rules to follow from her famous parents (Picture: Startraks/REX/Shutterstock) The youngster is entering her final year of high school (Picture: BACKGRID) Ave is the youngest child of Hugh and his wife Deborra-Lee Jackman, who also share son Oscar (Picture: Cindy Ord/MG23/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)

The actor previously spoke about how he and his actor and producer wife had very different ideas about parenting.

‘The way I was parented, the way she was parented… all of a sudden… whoosh! And it wasn’t just Deb and I, it was somehow our pasts coming together,’ he told Radio Times.

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‘We had really different ideas about being a parent. And we never really pre-discussed it. We just assumed: we love each other, we don’t argue, that’s going to be fine!’

The star also revealed that filming The Son, where he appears alongside Laura Dern and Anthony Hopkins, made him a ‘different parent.’

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‘I’m a different parent now because of it,’ he told Stephen Colbert on The Late Show.

‘I think I’m more open to being vulnerable with them, saying things like ‘I’m not sure’ or realizing that sometimes I may be preoccupied by something going on with me.’

The news follows Hugh’s celebrations over the news the biopsies on his nose coming back all clear, meaning he’s cancer-free.

The Logan actor had been urged by his doctor to get a few tests done after she noticed some ‘little things’ on his skin.

He has been treated several times before for basal cell carcinoma – the most common form of skin cancer. Thankfully Hugh announced he had received the all-clear after the scare, taking to social media to share the news.

Metro.co.uk has reached out to Hugh Jackman for comment.

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