When he’s not sinking three-pointers with the Golden State Warriors, Steph Curry is navigating the very real, very funny world of raising four kids alongside his wife, Ayesha Curry.
In a new interview with People Magazine, the NBA star, 37, reflected on life at home with daughters Riley, 13, and Ryan, 10, and sons Canon, 7, and Caius, 15 months. “Every day is a wild experience, and I’m enjoying every little bit of it,” Curry told the outlet. “Fans would see there’s no such thing as balance, but you try every day to figure it out.”
With a teenager, two grade-schoolers, and a toddler under one roof, the Curry household is full of energy at every stage.
“We’ve got a really cool spread now with a 13-year-old and a 15-month-old, so we’re seeing a lot of it on a daily basis,” Curry told the outlet.
The proud dadbadmits that parenting isn’t one-size-fits-all. “Your ability to communicate and build trust with each one individually — like, you set up rules for the house, but each one has to be parented a little differently,” he explains. “That’s the cool part of the experience as a parent, and I’m loving every single minute of it.”
For Curry, the joy is in watching his kids’ personalities shine through.
“They all teach me something every day… they’re hilarious — they ask questions that make you think,” he says. “There’s not anything super specific, other than realizing they’re so unique. They all came from the same place, but they have such different personalities.”
Curry said he and Ayesha have drawn on their own upbringings when it comes to setting household boundaries. One rule in particular has carried over from his parents, Sonya and Dell Curry: no attending NBA games on school nights.
“That’s the one part of the parent playbook that we kept — just cut, copy, and paste,” Curry says. “And to me and Ayesha’s kind of expectations, it’s priorities first. You know, on school nights you gotta make sure you’re getting your rest so you can get to school, have a good time, and learn. If you’re not taking care of your homework or your chores, you lose privileges that way.”
Still, the rules bend a little when the kids do make it to his games. “I guess the only thing is, when they come to games now, they’re a little spoiled in the sense that they try to get every snack, candy, treat — whatever you wanna call it,” he says. “There’s really no limit at games ’cause I want ’em to have fun. But that’s the part that gets a little hard when you’re chasing around three — now four — kids at our games.”
Even in the chaos, Curry calls it a blessing. “It is such a blessing, and really weird, that I’m now in the same position as a parent that I grew up in as a kid,” he adds.
Photo Credit: Ayesha Curry Instagram; Steph Curry Instagram
