TV host Nida Yasir has revealed that her husband Yasir Nawaz wanted their daughter to become a doctor because he could not become one himself. She said a counselor eventually changed his mind.
“My husband was stuck on the idea that my daughter would become a doctor. He got her the same subjects in O Levels, because he could not become a doctor himself, so this was his wish,” she said on her morning show.
Yasir said she could not change his mind herself, so she took him to a counselor. “I arranged a counselor and took my husband to the counselor. I was a friendly mother, but I had to convince my husband, who was not listening to me or the children. So I took him to the counselor,” she recalled.
She said that the counselor walked Nawaz through his research and wrote down each point. That convinced him.
“The counselor explained everything in his own way, writing it all down. He explained all the research he had done, and that convinced my husband,” she said.
Yasir urged parents and children to look for help when a conversation stalls. She said children can turn to a relative their parents respect.
“Sometimes, when parents do not listen to their children, there may be an uncle or an older relative you can go to and speak from your heart. Ask them to talk to your father, the person whose word your father understands and values, or your mother,” she stressed.
The couple’s daughter, Sila, recently graduated in fashion design from Nottingham Trent University in the United Kingdom. Yasir and Nawaz attended the graduation ceremony with their children before starting a family holiday in the UK.
