Inside MS Dhoni and Sakshi's parenting style

In the present day and age where children of celebrities grow up with the privileges of the limelight, the Indian Cricket Captain, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his wife, Sakshi, have taken up a very refreshing style of bringing up their daughter, Ziva.

Though they are one of the most celebrated and successful couples in the field of sports and entertainment, their style of bringing up their daughter, Ziva, is very simple and based on the principles of humility and normalcy.

Let’s take a closer look at the style of their parenting that defines their family and their style of bringing up their daughter, Ziva.Keeping childhood simple and normalMS Dhoni and Sakshi are known to keep their little daughter Ziva grounded and away from celebrity culture and the limelight.

While Ziva may make appearances at public events and functions, her life otherwise reflects simplicity and normalcy; play time, school time, and family time are more important than glamour and celebrity time. This helps a child develop their own identity and individuality outside of their parents’ fame and celebrity status.

According to psychologists, such a grounded upbringing helps create emotional security and reduces entitlement in children.

It reflects that it’s not necessarily privilege and fame that are important in a child’s upbringing but stability and authenticity of their childhood experiences and upbringing.

Encouraging independence earlyA major part of the parenting approach of the Dhonis lies in the way they promote independent behavior in their child. Ziva, the little girl, has been observed to be exploring, speaking, and mingling with the people around her.

Promoting independent behavior in children, such as communication, hobbies, or mingling, helps the child to become more independent and have confidence in themselves.Teaching empathy and respectDespite the fact that the child comes from a very high-profile family, the way Ziva has been observed to behave around the people around her shows a lot of warmth and approachability. Ziva has been observed to be mingling very well with the staff, the fans, and the people around her, which shows that the parents have been successful in instilling empathy in their child’s behavior.

The parents have instilled the value of equality in the child, which shows the humble behavior of the child.Balancing privilege with a sense of responsibilityCelebrity parents have the responsibility of balancing the privileged life of the child with a sense of responsibility, which the parents have managed to do very well by providing the child with the best of everything, but at the same time, exposing the child to various situations, which shows that the parents have instilled a sense of responsibility in the child by making the child realize the effort that goes into the achievement of things in life, which shows that the parents have come from a humble background, as the child’s father, Dhoni, has come from a humble background.A nurturing environment, a feeling of securityBut the core of the Dhoni parental philosophy is the concept of emotional presence. Both the parents seem to be very involved with their children, sharing moments of play, travel, and life. Children who grow up with the sense of security and self-worth have the potential to be resilient and open to experience. Dhoni’s calm nature and Sakshi’s affectionate warmth provide the right balance of parental authority and tenderness.

Experts say that parental presence is more important than the advantages of wealth and power. The Dhoni household is a living example of this fact: love and presence have more impact on the upbringing of children than the glamour of celebrityhood.