Flonique Guimary

How Marian Rivera and Dingdong Dantes guide daughter Zia in finding her interests

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E. Kristhoff Cagape

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<p>Marian Rivera and Dingdong Dantes shared how they support their 10-year-old daughter, Zia Dantes, as she explores her interests and activities.</p><p>In an interview on the YouTube channel of Janno Gibbs and Bing Loyzaga, Dingdong revealed that one of the things Zia is currently most interested in is singing.</p><p>&quot;Marami siyang activities na gusto ngayon pero ang isa sa pinakatalagang nasu-surpresa kami ay &#x27;yung pagkanta,&quot; Dingdong relayed.</p><p>The actor emphasized that they fully support whatever interests their daughter wants to pursue. &quot;We are very supportive kung ano man ang gugustohin niya,&quot; he highlighted.</p><p>Marian echoed Dingdong&#x27;s sentiments, sharing how proud she is of Zia for wanting to explore different things on her own.</p><p>&quot;Nakaka-proud din talaga &#x27;yung batang &#x27;yun kasi minsan siya &#x27;yung magsasabi sa akin na, &#x27;Mama I want to learn this. I want to do this. I want to try this.&#x27; Kasi ang ganda na hindi ko, [hindi] namin pinu-push na ‘anak try mo &#x27;to, ito ang kailangan mong gawin, ito ang dapat’. Hindi. Siya mismo nilalatag niya sa amin, lalo na sa akin kasi siyempre si Dong most of the time nagta-trabaho talaga siya. So ako talaga ang nakatutok sa mga bata. So sabi niya sa akin, &#x27;Mama gusto ko mag-try mag-horseback, gusto ko nitong swimming, gusto ko nitong ganito.  [Sabi ko], &#x27;Sige anak try natin,&#x27;&quot; the actress relayed.</p><p>Marian then discusses these interests with Dingdong so they can decide together. &quot;So ilalatag ko kay Dong lahat. ‘O Dad ito &#x27;yung gusto ng anak mo’, pero siyempre ico-compromise namin. May sasabihin daddy niya, tapos sabihin ko, tapos mag-uusap kami kung ano mga pwede kasi minsan ang dami niyang gustong gawin, parang kami na &#x27;yung nahihirapan na ‘ano ba talaga &#x27;yung gusto mo anak?’&quot; she stated.</p><div><br/></div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-14" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/DSpaCWFga46/embed/captioned/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=607&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A14%2C%22os%22%3A17754085.900000006%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="906" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-14" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p>/p&gt;</p><p>According to Marian, Zia enjoys challenging herself and is competitive. &quot;Pag may gusto siya, gusto niyang subukan kahit minsan feeling niya ‘ay kaya ko ba &#x27;to? Pero gusto ko i-try mama eh.’ So &#x27;pag nata-try niya, nacha-challege siya, lalo niyang ginagawa. Competitive kasi itong batang ito eh, parang lahat na yata sinubukan niya,&quot; she said.</p><p>Marian concluded that as parents, their role is simply to support Zia until she eventually figures out what she truly wants to pursue. &quot;So ngayon support lang kami kung ano gusto niya,&quot; she said.</p>

<p>Marian Rivera and Dingdong Dantes share how they support their daughter Zia in exploring her interests and activities.</p>

Marian Rivera and Dingdong Dantes share how they support their daughter Zia in exploring her interests and activities.