Shah Rukh Khan has always been a doting father. Time and again, he’s proved that his kids are his priority and he would do anything to protect them.
However, at the same time, he’s set a few things straight when it comes to parenting. From being a friend to his kids to letting them fight their own battles, here’s a look back at some of his statements on his kids and parenting.
1. Shah Rukh Khan is a feminist dad
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SRK doesn’t believe in treating his sons and daughter differently. Speaking to Femina in 2017, he said, “I believe that a man in his house doesn’t have the right to go shirtless in front of his mother, sister or women friends. I tell Aryan to put on a T-shirt all the time. It’s got nothing to do with having breasts. If you’d feel uncomfortable seeing your mother, daughter, sister, women friends without their clothes on, why would you expect them to accept you shirtless? Don’t do something a girl can’t do.”
2. SRK on Aryan’s ambitions as a filmmaker
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Previously, the Jab Harry Met Sejal actor had elaborated on how his elder son aspires to be bigger than him. In an interview with DNA, he said, “Aryan, I see myself in — when I was younger — only far more mature. Aryan is studying to be a filmmaker and a writer, while Suhana wants to be an actor. When I am with Aryan sometimes, we just lay down in our shorts without our shirts and we crack some dirty jokes. We talk a little about filmmaking because he’s learning that. But he would like to recede from that because he wants to learn it on his own. We watch films and while watching them, we talk about certain aspects of filmmaking. We talk about getting into trouble, picking up fights, how to beat up the other guy or answer back when a guy messes with you. He talks about his ambitions, and where he would like to be one day. But he’s very clear that way. He just wants to be bigger than me and that’s cool.”
3. SRK on being unapologetically protective about his kids
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The Bollywood superstar and the Kolkata Knight Riders co-owner was banned by the Mumbai Cricket Association for five years from entering the Wankhede Stadium for misbehaving with its officials during an IPL match. The actor had no qualms accepting that he has no regrets about his misbehavior.
In his statement, he said, “I took little children for the match and 40 grown-up people came charging aggressively at me. I think my behaviour is absolutely correct. I would still do the same thing if they misbehaved with my kids or kids that I am taking care of. Public life… The good, bad, ugly, goodness of media, the strangeness… I am part of it, not my children.”
4. The superstar on not being a strict disciplinarian
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The fact that the actor behaves like a kid around his kids is known to all. Talking about his friendly bond with his kids, he said, “I love my children not because they are my children, but because I have garnered a friendship with them. I am realising this, as they are getting older, they are my greatest friends. I think my mental age is between 12 to 14, so it is nice to have two friends that I can ever have.”
5. SRK’s ultimate checklist for Suhana’s boyfriend
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Back in 2017, the Raees revealed that he has a full checklist for the man who would date his daughter Suhana. He told Femina, “1. Get a job. 2. Understand I don’t like you. 3. I’m everywhere. 4. Get a lawyer. 5. She’s my princess, not your conquest. 6. I don’t mind going back to jail. 7. Whatever you do to her, I will do to you”.
Later in an interview with NDTV, he clarified, “It’s false bravado. I know that when it comes down to it, when my daughter likes somebody, I’ll not be able to say anything and just accept it. Before it happens, I thought I’ll just put this out, just in case somebody reads it and thinks they should respect me a little more than they can, and take it seriously. But I don’t think it’s serious at all.”
6. He gives them the freedom to be themselves
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Back in 2014, during a press meet, the actor shared how his kids have not inherited any of his habits, “None of my children have my habits. I thank god for that. They are good kids. The only commonality between Suhana, AbRam and me is that we get dimples. I would like them to be healthy and happy. Do whatever they wish. They should do whatever makes them happy and be healthy. I never ask my children to become an actor, engineer. They can be whatever they wish to be.”
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