Mélissa Theuriau Opens Up About Parenting and Education in Candid Interview

Mother of two children, born of her love with Jamel Debbouze, Mélissa Theuriau confided in the columns of Madame Figaro about their education that she wants free and far from the “moral lessons“.

It was in 2007 that Mélissa Theuriau and Jamel Debbouze meet. Married in May 2008, the lovers have since had two children: Léon born in 2008 and Lila born in 2011. A close-knit couple who make it a point of honor to fulfill their professional desires. Thus, after going through LCI and M6, Mélissa Theuriau became a documentary producer as she wished. “We talk a lot, we debate. We don’t always agree. We sometimes have opinions, not opposite but complementary. It’s always very rich“, she confided in the show As an asidewith Nathalie Lévy, in March 2022. It is this honesty that elevates them and makes them want to continue to move forward hand in hand: “Moi, I met someone I greatly admire, who continues to impress me with his independence of spirit, by his freedom. He cultivates that and I learn a lot from him.“.

As parents, the spouses are again complementary. A balance that sometimes forces Mélissa Theuriau to play the wrong role with Léon and Lila. “Are you the bad guy in the house? Who limits the gifts… “, asked Nathalie Lévy. “Yes it’s me. I think fortunately that our couple works because otherwise my children would always like to be with their father. It would be awful. I will not see my children“, had fun Mélissa Theuriau.

A family like the others

Very involved in the education of her children, Mélissa Theuriau strives to transmit to them the values ​​that are hers: “Transmission is at the heart of our business, but I don’t like the idea of ​​educating with moral lessons. We try to give them tools that they take hold of as they grow up. Without really looking for it, our fights reach them and their questions are linked to ours. These are our sponges“, she related in the columns of the magazine Madame Figaroin August 2023.

In addition to her values, Mélissa Theuriau also transmits a heritage and a culture to them, in particular by living in Paris: “Like any provincial who has dreamed of Paris, I know how to appreciate it. Also because I have a privileged life there. My life is here, and with children reaching adolescence and fulfilling themselves in sport and the arts, Paris is a chance“, she assured. During the holidays, they do not fail to go to Provence or Morocco.