The Motherhood Podcast<\/a> with Sanam Jung, the actor got candid about what it\u2019s like to co-parent her daughter Nooreh with her ex-husband, actor Shahroz Sabzwari \u2014 and how therapy helped her learn to separate her personal feelings as an ex from her responsibilities as a mother.<\/p>\n\u201cI had to really work on it,\u201d she shared. \u201cBecause when something goes against your nature, but it\u2019s necessary to do, you end up growing as a person. Co-parenting has taught me how to kill my ego. So now I know that when it comes to Nooreh, I shouldn\u2019t think of myself.\u201d<\/p>\n
For Yousuf, co-parenting wasn\u2019t just a matter of showing up. It meant actively putting her daughter first, even when her own emotions said otherwise. \u201cSo many times I want to spend time with Nooreh, but she wants to spend time with her father or with her sister, which is fine. I have to accept it.\u201d<\/p>\n
That sister, of course, is Sabzwari\u2019s daughter Zahra, whom he welcomed with his second wife, Sadaf Kanwal. \u201cI always wanted Nooru to have a sibling. And before she could, her parents separated, and I still don\u2019t have another child,\u201d said Yousuf. \u201cBut she does from her father. And for me, that is important, that she shares a loving bond with her sister. Because she is her sister.\u201d<\/p>\n
The actor stressed that while adults may have their grievances, children shouldn\u2019t have to pay the price for them. \u201cFor her to be born in the family she\u2019s born into, have all these relatives who love her, and I come in between and say \u2018I don\u2019t think so!\u2019 That\u2019s not fair. This is where we as parents need to understand that even if kids are young, we can\u2019t take unjust decisions for them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Yousuf was also quick to acknowledge Sabzwari\u2019s role in making co-parenting work. \u201cHe\u2019s been a healthy co-parenting partner. He also understands what\u2019s good for Nooreh. Your co-parenting partner needs to be just as mentally and emotionally healthy as you.\u201d<\/p>\n
When asked about extending that trust to her ex-partner\u2019s parents and other relatives, Yousuf kept it real. \u201cIf my divorce has taught me one thing, it\u2019s that your life presents many situations, and not all of them are under your control. One needs to stop resisting what life throws at them in an attempt to keep the situation under control.\u201d<\/p>\n
If there\u2019s a takeaway from Yousuf\u2019s interview, it\u2019s that being a good parent often means doing the hard thing \u2014 going to therapy, swallowing your pride, and allowing your child the freedom to form bonds that may sting a little at first. It\u2019s not about erasing the past; it\u2019s about refusing to let it define your child\u2019s future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When two people who are also parents part ways, the easy thing to do is be bitter and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":108711,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,361,75,22244],"class_list":{"0":"post-108710","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-celebrities","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-her"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}