Every parent wants their child to leave the “nest” and start their own family and live the best life possible. It’s amazing and sad to see kids grow up and leave home.
Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith went through that too. They thought their grown and independent son Jaden would want to live on his own when he was 16 or 17, but it was hard for them when he asked to “leave” on his 15th birthday.
Jaden was famous from the start. They “robbed” him and Willow of a normal childhood because they are famous.
“So often treat me like I’m not a normal person,” Jaden told Dazed Magazine in 2018.
He made friends with skaters and fit in. “I would be skating with these guys every day if I wasn’t famous and had all this stuff going on. I wouldn’t have to fly to all these different places all the time.” He said, “My vibe.”
He told BBC Radio 1Xtra that his dad, Will, said, “Jaden is 100% brave.”
Anything at all. Parents are scared. Still, his decisions about what looks good determine his life and death.
Because of this attitude, Jaden may have asked his mom to let him go. On Red Table Talk, Jada talked about tr*umatics. She said, “At 15, Jaden, and I remember this day very well, it was probably one of the saddest times of my life.” “You told your mother, “Mom, I need to go live my life.”
Freeing people
At 15, needed permission from a parent. Jada thought today would be good. Adrienne Banfield-Norris, co-host of Red Table Talk, said that if she were Jada, she would never let that happen. It’s not just Adrienne who thinks the Smiths are “strange” parents.
Jada really knows her kids. “Knew. The number of years. She said, “He was making films, so he really knew how to run his life.”
“Every child has different needs.” He wanted to go. Yes, I got it. I felt free when I was outside the bubble. I knew that letting him go would speed up his comeback.
The 23-year-old Jaden will stay with his parents until 2017. It’s only five minutes from his parents and worth $4 million.
That’s it. I’ll be staying. We learned from Jaden in 2013 that this house is free. He laughed, “His house has everything.” Will tells me I can get my own house when I make a better movie.