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  •   Home > News > Entertainment

    Alesha Dixon wants to push her kids to dream big

    The 'Lipstick' hitmaker - who has daughters Azura, 11, and five-year-old Anaya with husband Azuka Ononye - was encouraged by her parents to "follow [her] passions" and she's built on that with her own children by opening them up to new ideas


    She told Britain's OK! magazine: "I remember growing up, my mum always told me to do whatever makes me happy and to follow my passions.

    "My dad was very nervous about me stepping into the creative industries and would have preferred me to be an accountant or a lawyer -in his opinion, a more sensible job.

    "I understand where that fear comes from, but I think this generation now, how we talk to our kids, is almost like, you can do anything.

    "When our children sit down and play a computer game, for example, we're the kind of parents who say, 'You know, you can create the computer games that you play' and try to open their minds up to think outside the box.

    "It's about telling your kids, 'You can be anything - you're capable of anything.' "

    When she has some time off, Alesha loves to "hang out" with her brood.

    She said: "I like to just hang out with my family on down days.

    "I'll have a nice glass of red wine and watch a good show.

    "Or I like to dance and go out to party, it depends what mood I'm in.

    "But generally, anything that involves music and the people I love most is what I do to take time for myself."

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