The Curry clan is one of the most successful families in the sporting world. Like the Curry clan’s patriarch Dell Curry, both his sons Stephen and Seth have ventured into basketball and made their names heard loud in the NBA. Meanwhile, the Curry matriarch Sonya Curry and her daughter Sydel Curry boast impressive volleyball resumes. Being the one who calls the shots in such a household life has never been a bed of roses for Sonya Curry. However, she excelled beyond imagination. Thanks to Sonya’s hard upbringing.

Growing up in a rural neighborhood, Sonya Curry learned life the hard way. Later, new challenges would come her way in the form of parenthood. Sonya’s daughter Sydel threw hurtful words at her when the latter was 14. Sonya, to this day, remembers the painful moment.

Stephen Curry’s mother dives deeper into hardships of rural upbringing

Sonya Curry’s memoir Fierce Love, which was published last year, explores her family life, upbringing, and faith. Then, in an interview with Fox 5 New York, Sonya Curry gave a sneak peek into her elaborate memoir. During the interview, she had stressed about being a stricter parent. It is safe to say that her strictness has worked with Stephen Curry and his siblings. Look what they have become today. Perhaps the odds she had to battle while growing up in rural Virginia have shaped her into a parent who badly wants her kids to be disciplined.

In the Fox 5 New York interview, Sonya shed light on what it was for her to grow up in rural Virginia. As Sonya puts it, she often felt like a misfit among her Black friends and her White friends as a light-skinned girl who was into sports. “Where do I fit in all of this? And what am i good at? What am I supposed to be doing? What is going to be my purpose? I have always thought about that, even as a young child,” Sonya Curry said.

Having battled all these odds as a child, Sonya made sure that life was no bed of roses for her children as well. Once, however, when she was being strict with her daughter, Sonya had heard sharp and hurtful words from Sydel.

Sonya Curry felt her throat constrict after hearing Sydel’s hurtful remark

The opening chapter of Sonya Curry’s memoir Fierce Love details a harsh experience she had with her daughter Sydel. As Sonya puts it, she had kept her children from dating until they turned 16. Besides, they were also not allowed to go for partying till they turned that age. A 14-year-old Sydel, however, once showed up before Sonya and asked to allow her to go out late. Sonya had discovered that older children, including a boy with whom Sydel had a crush, was accompanying her.

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Though Sydel kept on pestering Sonya to let her go, Sonya refused. “You are the worst mother in the world,” Sydel had then told Sonya. These words made Sonya feel like her throat was constricting. Sonya then reminisced about the days her mother was harsh with her whenever she crossed the line. Anyhow, had her mother and Sonya herself not donned the hats of a strict disciplinarian, their children might not have become what they became.

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