Everything to Know About Amy Poehler’s Sons: Archie and Abel Arnett Explained
Archibald "Archie" William Emerson Arnett arrived on October 25, 2008, just hours after Poehler wrapped a live rehearsal for Saturday Night Live. Abel James Arnett followed on August 6, 2010, arriving during the early, critically acclaimed seasons of Parks and Recreation. From their earliest days, Poehler made deliberate choices about how visible her children would be. Unlike peers who monetized family milestones or welcomed magazine profile shoots inside their nurseries, Poehler and Arnett treated family life as an entirely unbroadcasted territory.
Archie is now 17 years old, staring down college applications and high school graduation, while Abel, at 15, is midway through high school. People close to the family describe the household as fast-paced and dry-witted. Neither boy has an open public Instagram or TikTok account. Their parents have consistently maintained that fame belongs to the adults earning it, not the children raised alongside it.