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Bollywood actor Sonam Kapoor and her husband Anand Ahuja recently entered the folds of parenthood and the Khoobsurat actor is confident they’re going to do just fine. What helps her be so sure of how to navigate this new phase in their lives is her experience watching her parents share duties and raise their kids together.

In an interview with Vogue mere days before her due date, she said, “I think more than Anand, it comes from watching the way Dad and Mum brought us up. I remember my mother sending me to the set of Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja (1993) so that my father could look after me because she was handling my brother and sister who were very young at the time. Despite having ample help, their motto was equal parenting.

“Even after we grew up, Dad was very involved in all of our lives; in fact, after a certain age, he was more invested in our lives than Mum was. My parents are partners in every sense of the word, so I have a solid blueprint on how to bring up my children with the right values.”

The couple tied the knot in 2018 and welcomed their baby boy on August 20. Kapoor has touched upon the topic of sharing responsibilities with her spouse on social media. She had said that Anand will take paternity leave when the baby arrives and the couple will be a tag team when it comes to parenting, which she believes is the best way to approach it.

The Raanjhanaa actor does not intend to return to work any time soon. “I’m giving myself a six-month break after my pregnancy to resume work, even though it seems like I haven’t worked in longer because I haven’t had a release in two years. I remember having this internal conflict about whether or not I should take time off but then I realised I have been working since I was 20, so it will be well earned,” she said.

Though she will always be a working woman, Kapoor knows her priorities are shifting. “I’m not really in the rat race, I’m just doing my own thing. I don’t think that will change, but priorities do change and I think that the child will become mine. The truth of the matter is that they didn’t choose to come into this world. You decided to bring them here, so it’s a very selfish decision. I will try to do the best I can as a mother, which means that acting will definitely take a backseat, but I don’t think I will ever stop working completely.