Ayesha Curry & Over 63.1 Million People to Benefit From Stephen Curry’s Mother’s Latest Interview: “Shut Out The Noise”

It’s always interesting to know what differently Stephen Curry’s mom did to make her son one of the best ballers in the world. Well, one may say that the 4x NBA Champ had tirelessly worked on his shooting skills to reach this spot. While that’s completely true, we can’t deny the efforts that his mother, Sonya Curry, put in to raise a son with a ‘Warrior’ mentality. If not for the warrior mentality, the 58-year-old educator recently passed on a crucial message to all the mothers.

Looking at the stats, Mrs. Curry’s message not only inspires her daughter-in-law, Ayesha Curry, who has to raise four kids herself but also millions of mothers in the country. According to Census.gov, there are about 63.1 million children under the age of 18, living under parental care. So Sonya’s message could bring about a massive change in parenthood with her advice.

Nevertheless, heading back to the message, Sonya took part in a wellness expo in Charlotte organized by Black Health Matter, a health and wellness organization for African Americans. Mrs. Curry, along with several notable members, delivered a lecture at the event. Following the event, she had a brief chat with an interviewer, speaking about parenthood. She split her crucial advice into three folds and also shared it on her IG stories.

Speaking to the interviewer, Sonya said, “First and foremost, it takes a lot of prayer, because in parenting there are no instruction boards for that, so you just don’t know.” The 58-year-old urges the parents to put faith in god as the first step to raising a child. “Second is, just getting up every day and being intentional about being a parent,” she continued and shared the last and important advice.

If not Stephen Curry‘s mother, who else can deliver advice on raising a child? Steph is one of the most liked superstar ballers in the world. Wherever he goes, fans swarm around him, asking for his autograph. Nevertheless, it took a village to raise him, at least that’s what Sonya said.

“Third is just, shut out the noise, to raise a child, the way you want to raise them, and there’s a lot of pressure from the world that can form to different things, finding the courage,” said Sonya. Moreover, she also added, “The way you want to guide and nurture your children. Be encouraged every day to find a village that can also help support the journey, because it definitely takes a village to raise children.”

Importantly, Stephen Curry’s mother isn’t new to dropping advice about parenthood. In fact, she has written a memoir, Fierce Love, majorly covering the important aspect of her life, which is motherhood. Speaking of the book, Steph said, “I’m proud that my mom is sharing her story, demonstrating the meaning of true vulnerability, and spreading hope and wisdom every step of the way.” Fittingly, this quote from Steph found a place on the cover page of Sonya’s memoir. Interestingly, as Sonya pointed out, writing a book was never on her agenda.

When people would suggest she should write a book, she always laughed and proclaimed that she wasn’t doing anything extraordinary or above and beyond what any other parent was doing. But those very words gradually made her inclined towards the work.

Much like writing a book, raising stars wasn’t in Sonya’s mind either. “Our intentions were never to raise our boys to be NBA players but to have a relationship with God and be good and productive human beings. I also tried to always support their dreams and aspirations.” she said. One vital step in that direction, Sonya thought, was not helping the children with every other work.

According to her, it is important to provide children with their own space to work through issues, allowing them to learn without parental influence. By giving them their space to learn that “life isn’t always fair”, they grow stronger and more prepared moving towards their future lives, Sonya had said in the past. But simultaneously, a mother should not forget a vital thing, Sonya believes.

That is the self-love and self-care. “Sleep is vital,” she warns. Sonya also advised new moms that self-care doesn’t have to be out of reach, even when you’re constantly short on time. “Find time to be alone for at least 30 minutes per day,” she said. “Sleep when the babies are sleeping.” Curry also emphasizes how important finding a consistent workout routine, increasing water intake, and treating herself to frequent facials have been for her. But the most important of all are her daily prayer and meditation sessions. But what about when the children are all grown up?

“I’ve learned to embrace the fact that as my children matured, my role in their lives had to change,” Sonya said. Sony’s daughter-in-law Steph’s wife Ayesha is not far behind her as she also has her own difficulties and learnings on the way to raising her four children.

Ayesha, alongside Stephen Curry, navigates challenges to champion parenthood

According to Ayesha, the biggest thing one can do for their children is to engage with them. “You can never be too busy for your child. There should always be time for a bedtime story, impromptu playtime, or a quick game of hide-and-seek—or “find me,” as Riley calls it. These moments with your child should never get pushed to the bottom of the list. In these moments we set the foundation for the kind of relationship we want to have with our children as they grow,” Ayesha wrote in Time in 2015.

To add to it, Ayesha had said that on the days they can not afford to give time to their children. they ensured that “days are still regimented”. They did not compromise with the activities that their children loved to participate. It seemed that Stephen also had mastered the art of segregating his time. Ayesha had pointed out that he is all work when he is in practice or on a game day. But once he is done with that, it is his family that he wants to be with. Steph even earned Ayesha’s praise for this.

“I thought it was beautiful for him not to push his daddy duties to the bottom of the list just because all eyes were on him,” Ayesha had said. But all these good words did not mean that it was all rosy. According to her, it has been incredibly difficult to simultaneously raise a family and pursue her own passions. And do have an identity of her own beyond Steph’s wife or the mother of his four children

Ayesha is a New York Times bestselling author and a cooking television personality. She also runs a magazine and a foundation to end childhood hunger. Ayesha, in an interview in 2021, had revealed that having her kids at a young age meant that she struggled to get her professional career off the ground.

“What I started to realize was I was becoming this woman at such a young age when other people would still potentially be in college or just figuring out who they want to be. I always had this feeling of like, I think that there’s a double duty that I could be playing here as I was like, I have hopes and dreams for myself and there’s gotta be a way to do both,” Ayesha, who had her first child at 22, had said during a podcast episode of Skimm’d From the Couch. And she wants her children to see that struggle.

“That’s OK, I want them to be able to see that. And sometimes, it’s sharing the not-so-great moments with them, and allowing them to know they can be human and they can feel things. That’s been different for me with my parenting style, from when I grew up,” Ayesha has said about her parenting style, speaking with sisters Erin and Sara Foster on The World’s First Podcast. With Ayesha also leading her family, setting standards of her own, it seems that Sonya’s legacy as a mother is in safe hands.