Lionel Messi is a famous Argentine soccer star. At the age of 35, the male player is considered a living legend of the soccer world with many prestigious awards such as the Golden Ball, European Golden Shoe…
Not only is Messi a great player on the football field, but he is also known as the “national” father. All of these things are proven by Messi in his own style of educating his children. Despite possessing a huge fortune, Messi does not pamper his children. On the contrary, the children of the Argentine superstar grow up with a very normal life like any other child. Because for male football players, raising children is simply “waking up with them every morning”.
Currently, Messi has three sons with his wife Antonella Roccuzzo, Thiago, Mateo and Ciro. The 3 boys each have their own personality, the oldest Thiago is quiet and quiet, the second Mateo is humorous and cunning, and the youngest Ciro is extremely adorable.
Messi with his 3 sons
Spend all your time with your family
No need to think about how busy Messi is with his top football career. And normally, if such busy people go home, they will spend all their time relaxing and resting. However, Messi did not do that. Despite the intense training and competition intensity, the 35-year-old father still tries to spend his free time with his young family. When asked by a reporter from the Argentine newspaper Ole, “What is family to you?” , Messi had an extremely emotional answer:
“Family to me is everything, everything. I’m very lucky because I can spend a lot of time with my family. There are families where parents have to work all day and don’t come home until evening.” late. My parents used to work so hard. Therefore, I didn’t get to play with them much.
Currently, I am lucky to spend time with my children almost all day, being able to take them to school, play soccer or other activities. I like spending time with my small family.”
Messi always spends all his time with his family
Every morning, instead of waking up late, Messi wakes up very early to play with his children and have breakfast with them. The soccer superstar shared that even though sometimes the children are so mischievous that it makes him… crazy, he still feels happy and grateful for that. He always takes the children to school and then at night puts his little angels to sleep. And he affirmed: “I love doing it every day!”.
Don’t put too much pressure on your child
If Ronaldo – Messi’s rival, teaches his children to be extremely strict with a strict training regimen, then Messi lets his children develop instinctively, not wanting to put too much pressure on them. Accordingly, Messi always wants his children to develop the inherent abilities of a child.
“Little Thiago really likes to kick the ball. But the truth is he’s still too young. He’d rather ride on a carriage and swing than play football right now. He’ll choose what he wants,” Messi said .
Even though he knew his son had soccer talent like his father, the male player still did not set any framework, only creating the best conditions for his son to develop his talent. Therefore, we will hardly see intense training sessions or rarely run and play soccer on the field with his children, but Messi always follows his child’s development journey. Letting your children enjoy playing fun games like puzzles, racing, or participating in soft skills courses is still the core point in this football star’s way of raising children.
On social networks, fans rarely find photos of Messi practicing with his children. Instead, there are images of him traveling with his family, or his children playing fun children’s games
On the other hand, since childhood, Messi has suffered from rickets and the superstar should have given his children rigorous training from a young age to improve their physical strength, but he did not do so. Messi always protects and pampers his children. Perhaps because Messi’s father also raised him this way, Messi also wants to spend time taking care of his children and letting them develop instinctively.
Teach your children about core values _ _
In an interview with Argentina La Garganta Poderosa, Messi expressed that education is the foundation of everything. Indeed, he always emphasizes education and the role of parents in raising children. Especially in teaching children about a frugal and minimalist lifestyle.
The soccer star said he tries to make his three sons understand that they cannot take a comfortable life for granted. In fact, Messi always tries to teach his children to understand the value of everything so that they understand that they will have to work to earn money every day and not think that they are lucky to be able to have many things easily.
Messi always promotes education and the role of parents in educating their children
In particular, in an interview with an Argentinian journalist when he opened up about his family life, the 35-year-old soccer star confessed: “Between me and my wife, I am the one who is stricter with our children.
It is known that Messi’s wife is a calm person, she spends the most time with her children because he often has to leave home to compete. However, the children are still more afraid of Messi every time he scolds them.
