Michael Jackson's Kids Coping Without Dad

By Rob Shuter Posted Jun 21st 2010 08:59AM

While tears most certainly flowed on Father's Day from Michael Jackson's three children, sources tell me the children might actually have a more normal life without daddy. How is that possible, you might ask? Consider the whirlwind and erratic life they led while Michael was still alive, and the more structured lifestyle they lead now.

"Even before Michael died, the children spent most of their time with their grandmother, Katherine," a Jackson insider tells me.

"Katherine's house was the only time they ever got any normality in their lives. With bedtime rules, regular school tutors and being taught to say 'please' and 'thank you.' In contrast, when the children were with Michael, they could stay up as late as they wanted, regularly skipped school and were forced to wear those silly masks to protect their identity. Finally, a year after his death, his children are thriving in a safe environment with lots of rules."

There is no doubt that all three children miss their daddy -- especially his daughter Paris, who Katherine Jackson says has turned her bedroom into a shrine to her father and made him a Father's Day card. The children will now be going to a regular school this September for the first time in their lives and will learn how to play with other kids.

Having the King of Pop as your father couldn't have been easy, especially for three young children who, like all kids, need boundaries as well as love ... even if your dad is the biggest superstar in the world.

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Monday 21 June

By Marsha

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This is to connie:

Your question shows your ignorance. Just like in any relationship, there are thousands of biracial children in this world who takes on the characteristics of both or either parent. How stupid.

Wednesday 23 June

By Tell It Like It Is

ruby- Media played up incident like always. Probably reason Katherine moved other grands. Media are angry primates. Like you. America's First Family Of Music. Stun self.

By salmie

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It doesn't matter who your natural parent is if the person that raised you was or is a good parent.I was raised by a mean abusive
woman when I came to live with my natural mother she was worse because she'd criticize my looks.Lifes hard Michael Jackson kids
loved Michael and always will because he was there for them.

By captainobvious

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so.... do u take every story and make it about you, and tell the world about you and you and you and you and you. And captain obvious says- their dads not black!hello.McFly?they might be a little curious of their black heritage at some point. Its like a prank that america as a whole takes part in still having the children refer to him as daddy,but lets not let on about the toothfairy ok?

By Joy

in the first place it does matter who their natural parent is, due to medical and genetic problems. In the second place why would they need to know about any black heritage, they're not black at all. Both parents, mother and male donors were both white. There is nothing in those kids that relate them to MJ or his family. Sorry folks, there's nothing at all. The kids should be raised by their natural parents. If their mother's aren't into it, then ask their fathers.They're both alive and kicking.

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There are a lot of biracial children in the Jackson family that look similar to MJ's. Probably in a couple of generations there is gonna be some total white guy or white woman with a family photo album pointing to pics of MJ saying that he was his or her great grandfather. Geez how sad, they are just erasing all traces of blackness out of their family.

By Robin

i think they did rather well in the invirment they where in..
They flurished with love and in the end that I guessed is what mattered. If you remember, Old mikey is wacked because of what his parents did to him. Im hoping kathering learned from her mistakes as to not make them again. It wasnt all Joes fault. I wish the kids all the luck in the world and I think they will enjoy school if they are allowed to enjoy it that is.

Lots of love Jackson tikes

xoxox

By r

tell betty that those snakes can bite hard and to keep her face away from it

By timbates5

Hilarious , you need a bigger snake, how about a giant Anaconda . LOL

Tuesday 22 June

By wang chung II

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hahahahaaaaahahahahh AHAHAHAHAHAHAH haahahahahahaah not funny

By Slash

Hey r I got your snake.

By Rachael

please please PLEASE LEAVE THESE CHILDREN ALONE! who cares who their biological parents are or arent?! there are MILLIONS of people worldwide who cannot have children of their own so they use artificial contraception or they adopt- what is wrong with that?! Their biological mother was a surrogate- she has no reason to have any contact with them- surrogate moms normally NEVER have contact with the children they have carried.
Those "silly" masks were used so they could go out and run the streets and do normal stuff without being recognized,a brilliant idea suggested by Debbie Rowe i might add.
When they lived in Ireland this meant they could hang out with the local kids and not one person had the vaguest idea who they were. they could just be the NORMAL KIDS that they are and they loved it. God bless these beautiful children, i pray every dayy that the press leaves them alone and dont treat them like their poor father was treated. love you all

By psk75999

@ Rachael. You said, "Those "silly" masks were used so they could go out and run the streets and do normal stuff without being recognized..."

So no one would recognize or wonder because they were wearing masks when no one else was, right? They could be normal while being obviously disguised, so consequently, everyone knew who they were. Those masks were attention magnets. I don't have an opinion on them wearing the masks, just pointing out a flaw in your logic.

By Anita

Artificial contraception? What is that?

By nyuknyuk

Anita, that's when someone slips a placebo into your birth control pills. ;)

By Nicole

....so they use artificial "contraception" or they adopt.....
I couldn't let this one slide.

By Edward

Surrogate Moms usually don't also contrubute their eggs. Surrogate Moms also aren't usually married to the person they are a surrogate for. Whatever their arrangement was, it WASN'T a simple surrogacy arrangement.

*IF* Michael wasn't the father, I don't understand what Michael was trying to do. If you want kids, and it isn't important to you that they be biologically yours, why bother with all the mess of a urrogacy arrangement? Why not just adopt any of the kids that need homes? Madonna, Angelina Jolie, and Tom Cruise all adopted black kids from Africa.

By jet0657

Do you really think they felt normal wearing masks?????

This post is for psk75999:

The children only wore masks when they were out with Michael and/or the nanny.

By brtjerry

Who cares?

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