Justin Bieber’s Mom Reveals She Worries About His Bad Behavior

While promoting her new book for teens, Nowhere But Up, Pattie Mallette talked about her experiences of raising her own teenage son, Justin Bieber, and all the controversy that has been surrounding his behavior lately. From being accused of speeding, to partying all hours of the evening, Pattie admitted to Today that Justin is definitely more of an adult now, and that she’s had to alter how she parents him because of it.

Justin Bieber’s Mom: ‘I Hope I’m Still A Big Voice In His Ear’

At 19, Justin has been in and out of the news for not only his music and his on-again, off-again relationship with Selena Gomez, but also for getting into a little trouble.

He was recently pulled over for speeding, he was booed at the Billboard Awards, and he reportedly got into a scuffle with a neighbor! So when his mother, Pattie, was asked about his recent behavior, she said that of course she still worries — as does any mother!

“Well, I think as parents we all worry about our kids, whether they’re going off to college, you know, whatever — whatever situation they’re in,” Pattie said on Today on July 8. “I think at a certain age, the parenting style changes. And, he’s always been such a strong-willed child, you know. I talk about that [in the book].”

However, mother does know best. So regardless of what his behavior is, his mom is always going to be a concerned, active voice in his life.

“I talk to Justin. I text him and I call him every day, as much as you can for an adult child that doesn’t live with you,” Pattie said. “He knows what I think. We talk. It’s stuff that obviously I can’t share with the whole world, but we definitely talk. I hope I’m still a big voice in his ear.”