Dipika Kakar thanks her mother and mother-in-law for never pressurising her on how to bring up her son Ruhaan, says ‘They never told me do this, do that’

Dipika Kakar expressed gratitude towards her mother and mother-in-law for their supportive approach in raising her son, Ruhaan. She appreciated their lack of pressure and interference in Ruhaan’s growing up time.
Dipika chose to embrace motherhood fully giving a break to the acting world and emphasised that she had the privilege to stay at home. She shared, “If I talk from my point of view, I would say that I am this generation mom.I had to do things with my kid in a certain way. My mother-in-law never came and pressurized me, ‘No, we do this and that. You do this only’. This happens in many homes. And it is a challenge for a lot of mothers to convince that I don't want to follow this method. Shoaib and I just had to explain to Ammi once. Even my mother, there’s a difference in how you communicate and accept the newness. If that thing is understood, then the journey of the parent group becomes easier.”
She further added, “I wanted to do something new with Ruhaan. For example, we haven't given him sugar or salt yet. We haven't given him water for six months. That was new for my mom and Ammi. They would say, ‘How can you not give water to your child? He'll get thirsty.’ But it is that their openness, their understanding that yes the world has moved forward, new things have come, that understanding was very easy for me. I never massaged Ruhaan with oil. My mother only asked me once. But she never complained about that.”
Shoaib also added, “There are many things that our mothers would do for us like making a kid drink lentil water. But nowadays, doctors don’t suggest that. There are many preexisting thoughts and notions. But now things have changed and there have never been any conflicts in regards to that. Our family has been very understanding.”
Dipika further thanked her mother on how she has been taking care of Ruhaan. She shared, “And my mom has been a huge support to me, a lot. I think mom was also waiting for this time in her life. And mom as of now is completely free. Mom would always come, stay, take so much care of Ruhaan. Both my moms understood the change in the whole thought process.”