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Unconventional Parenting - The Smiths

From the archives. Sharing a post from September 9, 2010.




Reflecting...


THINKING TO MYSELF…FOUR CORNERS, FOUR SIDES ARE SO YESTERDAY! BASICALLY, THE IDEA THAT EVERYTHING THAT ONE DOES HAS TO BE DONE THE ‘TRADITIONAL WAY’ IS PLAYED OUT! BRANCH OUT AND BE AN INDIVIDUALIST! DO SOMETHING THAT SETS YOU APART FROM EVERYONE ELSE. DO NOT BE AFRAID TO THINK OUTSIDE OF THE BOX. THE WORLD IS CHANGING AND SO ARE THE PEOPLE IN IT.)


SOME PEOPLE WILL CRITICIZE MY THOUGHTS HOWEVER, THAT DOESN’T BOTHER ME BUT I THINK THE ’OUT OF THE BOX’ PARENTING THAT THE SMITH’S HAVE GOING ON IS AWESOME! JADA PINKETT -SMITH AND WILL SMITH ARE DOING THINGS VERY UNCONVENTIONALLY WITH THEIR PARENTING AND I DON’T SEE ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT! I REMEMBER WHEN THEY APPEARED ON THE OPRAH SHOW AND THEY SAID SOMETHING TO THE AFFECT OF; REMEMBER THAT KIDS ARE PEOPLE TOO! JUST AS GROWNUPS HAVE IDEALS ABOUT THINGS SO DOES CHILDREN (I AM DEFINITELY NOT QUOTING THEM BUT YOU GET THE IDEA!). BEING A MOTHER I CAN IDENTIFY WITH THIS IDEA. WHILE IT IS OKAY TO HAVE RULES AND REGULATIONS IT IS EQUALLY OKAY TO ALLOW CHILDREN TO BE THEMSELVES AND NOT FEEL AS IF THEY HAVE TO PARTAKE IN THE SAME ACTIVITIES AS THEIR PEERS. JADA AND WILL HAVE MASTERED THE IDEA OF GIVING KIDS THEIR OWN IDENTITY AND LETTING THEM KNOW IT IS OKAY TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES EVEN IF IT IS NOT THE SAME AS OTHER CHILDREN.


IT IS APPARENT THAT IN THE SMITH HOUSEHOLD EVERYONE HAS A JOB! THE SMITH’S HAVE INSTILLED IN THEIR CHILDREN THAT IT IS OKAY TO WORK AND MAKE YOUR OWN MONEY BECAUSE MOMMY AND DADDY HAVE THEIR OWN MONEY. JADEN SMITH (JULY 8, 1998) HAS BEEN FEATURED IN VARIOUS MOVIES WHILE WILLOW SMITH (OCTOBER 31, 2000) IS BEING FOLLOWED FOR HER ECLECTIC SENSE OF FASHION. THIS FASHIONISTA HAS TAKING TO THE LIKINGS OF CELEBRITIES LIKE RHIANNA AND PUT HER OWN TWIST ON IT. ALSO, ACCORDING TO RECENT NEWS SHE IS SIGNED WITH JAY-Z’S RECORD LABEL WHILE HER BROTHER HAS BEEN IN THE STUDIO AS WELL. JUST AS THE KARDASHIANS HAVE MASTERED THE IDEA OF MAKING HOLLYWOOD A FAMILY AFFAIR SO HAS THE SMITH’S AND I AM NOT MAD AT THEM!


THINKING OUT OF THE BOX IS WHAT GETS A LOT OF PEOPLE INTO SHOW BUSINESS, AS WELL AS INTO THOSE EXECUTIVE OFFICES IN CORPORATE AMERICA! SO, REMEMBER TO THINK BIG AND THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX, IT WILL TAKE YOU TO IMMEASURABLE HEIGHTS AND ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES!


*YES I AM AWARE THAT WILL SMITH HAS ANOTHER SON WHO THEY AFFECTIONATELY CALL TREY. I AM NOT IGNORING HIS EXISTENCE BUT I AM FOCUSING ON THE ONES I FEEL ARE INTERESTING RIGHT NOW*

TIL NEXT TIME

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