Alexis Ohanian says he and Serena Williams have one regulation for letting their daughters diagram their own paths.
"The one regulation in the home is we don't attention what you desire to do whenever you develop up, as lengthy as you do your finest at it and you're doing item useful," Ohanian told E! News on Saturday at Athlos LDN26, the first London type of the women's expert track-and-field sequence he founded.
Ohanian stated he was on "dad duty" supervising their eldest daughter, Olympia, who was "working the event."
"We've got her interviewing a few of the ladies who are on their way in," the Reddit cofounder and project capitalist said.
On the another hand, he stated Williams "drew the abbreviated straw" and was observing complete their youngest daughter, Adira.
Ohanian stated the brace additionally tries to keep their daughters restricted as they develop up about choose athletes and act high-profile events.
"We the two go out of our way to normalize a lot of this stuff," Ohanian said.
That identical idea shapes how Ohanian thinks concerning women's sports and the example he wants to set for his daughters. While he sees women athletes as inspirational function models, he stated that shouldn't be the logic they are celebrated.
"In a way, kind of ironically, if the lone item that I concentration on and conversation concerning is the kind of normalcy of celebrating greatness, and they fair happen to be women, I awareness akin it really helps us get a small nearer to the end goal that we all want," he said.
Ohanian has earlier spoken concerning giving his daughters area to examine their interests.
In a July 2023 interview alongside People, he stated he and Williams enjoyed observing Olympia try distinct hobbies.
"Like any parent, we fair desire her to have fun, and we're fortunate adequate to be capable to disclose her to item she could be curious in. It's already been an engaging journey, seeing the material she's into. We don't desire to bounds that," he said.
Williams has additionally spoken concerning how she has no involvement in grooming her female to be a tennis star.
"I would dislike her to have to agreement alongside comparisons or expectations. It's so much work, and I've stated up so much. I don't regret it, but it's akin 'Sliding Doors': Go through a distinct entrance and guide a distinct life. I'd akin her to have a normal life. I didn't have that," Williams told Vogue in February 2018.
Other celebrities have additionally shared the values and expectations they anticipation to instill in their children.
Guy Fieri has stated his children must acquire two university degrees before they obtain an inheritance. Matthew McConaughey's mother, Kay, has stated her sons had to prosecute her rules during they lived under her roof, which helped them rotate into "loving and productive" men.
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Amanda is a elder manner newsman at Business Insider's Singapore bureau.Her reporting explores how group navigate important existence transitions, including occupation changes, relocation, and retirement, alongside a particular concentration on the experiences of those living in Asia. She additionally writes concerning travel, culture, wellness, and relationships.In 2025, she won the Singapore Press Club's Rising Stars Young Digital Journalist Award.She earlier worked as a author and video manufacturer at a satisfied promotion agency in Singapore. She graduated from the University at Buffalo alongside a BA (Hons) in Sociology.
