Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Who's your daddy? what would you want your kids to call his or her new boo?

Over the weekend I  read an article in SISTER2SISTER about celebrity couple Alicia Keys and her new husband Swizz Beatz and his ex wife Mashonda. I wasn't so interested in all the dirty laundry that she aired in the article about the new couple but what resonated in my mind was the comment she made (Mashonda) claiming that the new women in her exes life wants the son to call her UMI another word for Mommy! I wondered how I would feel if I heard my daughters calling their fathers women, wife, significant other mommy.

 I must admit my first thought was   OH HELL NO THEY WON'T. My second thought was what  person would be comfortable with someone wanting his kids or hers to call them anything other than what they represent in the relationship?

Most importantly these things should be established and discussed by all the parties involved and I don't think a child should be put in the position to call another man or women mom or dad other than the ones that raised them. I couldn't imagine having my children that I raised their entire life and made several sacrifices for call another women mother it would break my heart, but I know this is a common thing in some relationships and acceptable under some special circumstances but if your actively involved in your child's life and have been a good parent it would have to hurt to hear your child be asked or even ask to call someone else mom or dad.
In my kids life their is only one Mommy, ME point blank period. Ladies be mothers to your children and men be fathers to your children and I assure you this wont be something you have to worry about. Now this is the bullshit part of love I'm talking about.

peace and blessings

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