As the anniversary of the death of King of Pop, Michael Jackson, rolls around on June 25, his children still heavily mourn his absence in their reclusive lives.
The children's grandmother and legal guardian, Katherine, recently had a sit-down with U.K. newspaper the Daily Mail and revealed some heart-tugging facts about how her grands (Prince, 13; Paris, 12; and Blanket, 8) still grieve the loss of their famous dad.
According to the Jackson matriarch, Paris, who is Michael's only girl, has transformed her bedroom into a kind of shrine to her late father. Her four walls are surrounded by pictures and memorabilia that are constant reminders of how wonderful her superstar dad was and how much he was loved by the world. The young girl also loves seeing her dad's face before she goes to bed and when she rises in the morning.
All three children are fascinated with their dad's recordings and can literally spend hours listening to him sing.
The boys on the other hand, still desperately want to please Dad, even though he is not physically here. They aspire to do things they know he would have been proud of.
Unfortunately, the children do not have a social life. Katherine reveals that they don't have friends. Since they do not go to a typical school and are taught privately in their home, a social agenda with playdates is nonexistent. Katherine, however, understands the importance of having friends and has enrolled her grandchildren at a private college. They will attend the teaching institution come September, so, hopefully, making friends is on the horizon for the children.
"To them, it's normal, it's the life they have known. They have a certain time to go to bed, then they get up and get dressed for lessons. They practice karate and swim, which they love," the octogenarian tells the Daily Mail.
Katherine also admits that she sees a bit of her son in each of his children. Paris is gifted musically and also talks about becoming an actress. Prince seems to want to be behind the scenes; he throws around the idea of one day either becoming a camera man or film producer. The littlest Jackson, Blanket, has a great sense of fun and frolic like his dad who was known for being quite the prankster.
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Well, first of all, I believe that Michael Jackson wrote the song, Leave Me Alone mainly for the Paparrazzi who dogged him out every chance they got. As African-Americans, we should already know and realize and accept (unfortunately) that the Media will never show us in a positive or acceptable light. And why? Because all the negativity is what sells. And I agree with some of you who say to leave those children alone because they have already been way to much to be children, even if their dad was the King of Pop. However, it is not healthy for them to be recluses like their dad was. Children need to learn how to interact with other children, otherwise, they may grow up to have problems with interpersonal relationships and I am sure that is not what Mrs. Katherine Jackson wants for her grandchildren. One last thing and then I'm done...I understand that everybody wants to think that ALL of our loved ones are in Heaven, but the hard truth of the matter is that if they had not accepted Jesus as their Savior, then Heaven is definitely not their home and nor will it be. Jesus clearly stated to the rich, young ruler..."You must be born again to enter into the Kingdom of God." What He meant by that was there was no other way of getting to God Who IS in Heaven than through Himself. Trying to get there thru The Hon. Elijah Muhammad, Buddha, the late David Koresh, etc. is not going to cut it. Nuff said.
You all know that those kids aren't his right? Yes they are his physical kids but aren't his biological children. I know when a Nubian and Caucasion have offspring it creates a mulatto but I can not see no mulatto in none of his children. I feel the sperm used to impregnate the egg donor came from a male of a different ethnicity/race than Michael himself. I don't like too guess so I won't this go round. I do have my suspects though. But I must digress too the point of the board. I don't feel sorry that his children don't have "friends". I feel sorry that they lost the man that they know as their father. That is the tragedy of this whole debacle. We all must not forget the children.
Correct that when a pure Negroid and a pure Caucasian have offspring it is a mulatto. But the vast majority of "blacks" in America ARE ALREADY mulattos, as they ALREADY have varying degrees of white blood in them. This is a fact they are very conflicted about, but it is a fact nonetheless.
With autism and aspergers syndrome on the rise,the most important thing for a child is to have interaction with other children.People with ASD have trouble forming bonds with other,interacting socially,relationships.Poor Paris,spent most of her life with just her dad and brothers,and the absense of another female.Since Michael himself didn`t seem to have any relationships.He couldn`t really model any for his kids.Michael as great as he was,I`m convinced he himself had asperger`s Syndrome.Those kids need help.They need to be around other kids.
People stick to the subject matter ignore that raceist person that's always spewing out negativity and hatered. we only give this voulture fuel when we get upset or respond to his foolishness.this is our house and he is only a visitor and a rude one at that,so let's just pretend that he's not even here,the wicked one's juob is to cause division, and strife. as for Michael's kids they are going to be ok, they have family that love and support them.to God be the glory
That's strange. They had friends when their father was living. What happened? I wish people would get thier acts together before they give these interviews. I have given this family every consideration and no matter what they blow it. Yes, it's hard, but they have been the main contributors of making it that way. They CANNOT pass up and interview. But I will Give Kate Jackson credit for telling the truth about one thing, the kids are devastated by losing their father. All these interviews about how great their doing and so on, is a major lie. He was the best at what he did and he wanted to be a father and his daughter said it all. Daddy was the best father ever. And so he devoted himself to his children. I know their suffereing. Escially in light of being you tube stars, having DFCS out due to lack of supervision on the part of some of their relatives mother. Sorry to rant, but I get tired of this. It is almost to the point that the only Jackson's I care about now is MJ's kids.
I don't know what to think. I do see Michael in the faces of these kids photos. I also know that with the exception of blanket, a little, these children do not look mixed. In fact, Prince talks and looks like a european jew. In any case, they are children who will want for nothing in life except to see their father again and I expect they will tend to look more Afro as they grow if from nothing more than association with black people. I hope somebody got MJs DNA around some where.
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By: Bbwsingz2praize on 6/22/2010 5:32PM
Well, first of all, I believe that Michael Jackson wrote the song, Leave Me Alone mainly for the Paparrazzi who dogged him out every chance they got. As African-Americans, we should already know and realize and accept (unfortunately) that the Media will never show us in a positive or acceptable light. And why? Because all the negativity is what sells. And I agree with some of you who say to leave those children alone because they have already been way to much to be children, even if their dad was the King of Pop. However, it is not healthy for them to be recluses like their dad was. Children need to learn how to interact with other children, otherwise, they may grow up to have problems with interpersonal relationships and I am sure that is not what Mrs. Katherine Jackson wants for her grandchildren. One last thing and then I'm done...I understand that everybody wants to think that ALL of our loved ones are in Heaven, but the hard truth of the matter is that if they had not accepted Jesus as their Savior, then Heaven is definitely not their home and nor will it be. Jesus clearly stated to the rich, young ruler..."You must be born again to enter into the Kingdom of God." What He meant by that was there was no other way of getting to God Who IS in Heaven than through Himself. Trying to get there thru The Hon. Elijah Muhammad, Buddha, the late David Koresh, etc. is not going to cut it. Nuff said.
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By: algie on 6/22/2010 6:36PM
god bless mike's kids.i know you got them lord as well as the rest of the jackson family
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By: Zuwarah on 6/22/2010 5:42PM
You all know that those kids aren't his right? Yes they are his physical kids but aren't his biological children. I know when a Nubian and Caucasion have offspring it creates a mulatto but I can not see no mulatto in none of his children. I feel the sperm used to impregnate the egg donor came from a male of a different ethnicity/race than Michael himself. I don't like too guess so I won't this go round. I do have my suspects though. But I must digress too the point of the board. I don't feel sorry that his children don't have "friends". I feel sorry that they lost the man that they know as their father. That is the tragedy of this whole debacle. We all must not forget the children.
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By: BillSchrier on 6/22/2010 7:29PM
Correct that when a pure Negroid and a pure Caucasian have offspring it is a mulatto. But the vast majority of "blacks" in America ARE ALREADY mulattos, as they ALREADY have varying degrees of white blood in them. This is a fact they are very conflicted about, but it is a fact nonetheless.
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By: cocoabear on 6/22/2010 6:47PM
With autism and aspergers syndrome on the rise,the most important thing for a child is to have interaction with other children.People with ASD have trouble forming bonds with other,interacting socially,relationships.Poor Paris,spent most of her life with just her dad and brothers,and the absense of another female.Since Michael himself didn`t seem to have any relationships.He couldn`t really model any for his kids.Michael as great as he was,I`m convinced he himself had asperger`s Syndrome.Those kids need help.They need to be around other kids.
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By: mackiej316 on 9/24/2010 10:45PM
People stick to the subject matter ignore that raceist person that's always spewing out negativity and hatered. we only give this voulture fuel when we get upset or respond to his foolishness.this is our house and he is only a visitor and a rude one at that,so let's just pretend that he's not even here,the wicked one's juob is to cause division, and strife. as for Michael's kids they are going to be ok, they have family that love and support them.to God be the glory
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By: Cindy on 6/23/2010 3:17AM
That's strange. They had friends when their father was living. What happened? I wish people would get thier acts together before they give these interviews. I have given this family every consideration and no matter what they blow it. Yes, it's hard, but they have been the main contributors of making it that way. They CANNOT pass up and interview.
But I will Give Kate Jackson credit for telling the truth about one thing, the kids are devastated by losing their father. All these interviews about how great their doing and so on, is a major lie. He was the best at what he did and he wanted to be a father and his daughter said it all. Daddy was the best father ever. And so he devoted himself to his children. I know their suffereing. Escially in light of being you tube stars, having DFCS out due to lack of supervision on the part of some of their relatives mother.
Sorry to rant, but I get tired of this. It is almost to the point that the only Jackson's I care about now is MJ's kids.
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By: Bengals Baby on 6/23/2010 6:49PM
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By: rasfanta on 6/28/2010 10:33PM
I don't know what to think. I do see Michael in the faces of these kids photos. I also know that with the exception of blanket, a little, these children do not look mixed. In fact, Prince talks and looks like a european jew. In any case, they are children who will want for nothing in life except to see their father again and I expect they will tend to look more Afro as they grow if from nothing more than association with black people. I hope somebody got MJs DNA around some where.
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