Today's new co-anchor Craig Melvin may have a very early start to his day (3:45 a.m. to be exact), but he always makes time to send a sweet message to his children as he heads to work."There are these things called Loveboxes," he tells PEOPLE in this week's cover story. "Every morning in the car, I send them a message, and they lift the top of the box and they can read the message from dad that particular morning. And usually it's some sort of motivational message or it's a picture that we took the day before."
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00:00I think one of the things that's been, for me at least,
00:05since it was announced, most special,
00:07because you don't really appreciate all of the sacrifices
00:11your parents make until you have your own kids
00:15and you start sacrificing.
00:17And knowing that, like, I focus on quality,
00:20not necessarily quantity.
00:22I'm gonna miss some stuff, you know?
00:23I coach my son's basketball team.
00:25I've missed a few practices this season.
00:27I've missed a few games because of work stuff.
00:30But when we're together, like, I'm here.
00:34I'm as present as humanly possible.
00:36But it is hard.
00:37My son, he just, he landed his first role
00:40in the school play, and Lindsey's there now
00:43at, like, the orientation for the new actors.
00:47But I'll be there for the play.
00:48It's already on the calendar.
00:49My daughter, as you know, she's in a play in January,
00:53her first, it's already on the calendar,
00:54Friday and Saturday, I'll be there.
00:56So I try to plan.
00:58And unless something's big,
00:59I try not to disrupt family plans.
01:02I mean, there are other little things that,
01:04there are these things called love boxes.
01:06So, like, every morning in the car, I send them a message.
01:10And so when they wake up, when I'm not here,
01:12every morning, they lift the top of the box
01:14and they can read the message from Dad
01:16that particular morning.
01:16And usually it's, like, some sort of motivational,
01:20you know, message, or it's a picture
01:22that we took, like, the day before.
01:24So it's, like, I'm not there, but I'm there.