Ileana D’Cruz Expresses Desire To Raise Happy, Kind Kids: “Never Want Them To Feel They Need To ‘Earn’ My Love”

Actress Ileana D’Cruz is all set to embrace motherhood for the second time. She announced her second pregnancy in February this year. Ileana has now shared a note on social media where she mentioned how she wants to raise her kids with unconditional love. She even spoke about the values she wants to instill in them.

Ileana D’cruz on raising kids

On May 8, 2025, Ileana D’Cruz reposted a post on parenting on her Instagram Stories. Among the many fans who reacted to it was a person who texted her in the DM and stated that kids should be taught that being cruel, wicked, unkind, or selfish are not lovable traits. Sharing the screenshot, Ileana responded with a deeply personal message: “I will never want my children to feel that they need to ‘earn’ my love. That is by far the worst feeling I have ever experienced. Feeling ‘not good enough’. I want to raise happy, healthy, kind children (I am sure all parents do) and I will do my best to ensure to know how loved they are. These are, of course, my views and opinions. You do you.”

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The parenting post read, “People, and especially kids, should be taught that being cruel, wicked, unkind or selfish are not lovable traits and you will not be loved and also should not reward love to those. Love has to be earned just like respect and happiness. And its not wrong to chase love… We just have to teach kids not to chase people for their response to our positive qualities but merely to nurture them so that people will turn to us on their own.”

About Ileana

On the personal front, Ileana D’Cruz secretly married Michael Dolan in May 2023. The couple welcomed their first child, a son named Koa Phoenix Dolan, in August 2023. Earlier this year, the Raid actress announced her second pregnancy. Meanwhile, on the work front, she was last seen in Do Aur Do Pyaar with Vidya Balan, Pratik Gandhi, and Sendhil Ramamurthy.

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