Gene Simmons shows his conservative side

Gene Simmons (C), his partner of 23 years Shannon Tweed and their children Nick Tweed Simmons (L) and Sophie Tweed Simmons. Picture / Reuters

Gene Simmons of heavy metal band Kiss has some downright normal ideas about parenting.

Simmons, his partner, actress and former Playboy Playmate Shannon Tweed, and their children - 17-year-old Nick Tweed-Simmons and 14-year-old Sophie Tweed-Simmons - let cameras into their home for a new TV series, Gene Simmons Family Jewels.

"Our responsibility is to protect our kids, supply the money and the structure and the love," Simmons, 56, told the Television Critics Association's summer meeting. "Their job is to do well in school and behave, period. This notion of parents having to go negotiate with their children who just learned to wipe their butts is out of the question."