The alleged mistakes that made Will Smith an infinitely better father

In addition to being one of Hollywood’s most influential stars, Will Smith (53 years old) is a very loving father of two boys and a girl. But this great actor’s journey didn’t get off to an easy start. Will had a pretty tough upbringing and decided to start a family at a very young age. Determined to learn from his father’s mistakes, who died in 2016, he always did his best to support his children in the best possible way, showing something he never had during their upbringing.

We, from awesome.club, we were quite surprised at how Will Smith handled and handles his children. The actor is proof that fatherhood is a journey that is built through the mistakes and successes that appear along the way.

“He was a hero to me.” That’s usually how Will Smith starts describing his father. However, he always makes a point of commenting that his father had a difficult personality and wasn’t always very kind to his mother. However, it seems that the actor always tries to see the bright side of things, as he managed to turn his complicated childhood into fuel for his own life. About that, the actor revealed the following: ”Some of the best things about me are a result of the relationship with my father… Especially my resistance and the way I think about life”.

Instead of being influenced by his childhood and not having children, Will decided to take another path. About this, he revealed the following: “I always wanted to be a father, since I was 5 years old”. In fact, his life goal was to rebuild the family image he had, rethinking his own experience through living with his children. For him, raising a family was a chance to do something right, a way to “right the wrongs” his father made.

Will became a father for the first time at the age of 24. Trey is the actor’s son with his ex-wife. Despite the childhood dream we discussed above, Will was very confused and nervous when it all happened, as most first-time parents do. He said his first reaction upon seeing his newborn was, “I can’t do this, I’m not the right person.” Some time later came Jaden, 23, and Willow, 21, both with his current wife, actress Jada Pinkett Smith.

Despite busy schedules and the pressure of fame, Jada and Will always make it a point to be close to their children, emotionally and physically. The actress opened up about her choice of educating children at home instead of sending them to regular schools: “It is more valuable to have my children by my side than sitting in a classroom”.

It is evident that the children were strongly influenced by their parents and decided to follow in their footsteps into show business. Will always wanted his children to reach the highest levels of success, but he admitted that he was sometimes a little too demanding. What happens is that the strict upbringing of his father naturally influenced his way of dealing with his children, who ended up being raised with a perfectionist mindset.

However, this way of raising children quickly changed when he realized that his demanding attitude and the desire he had for his daughter Willow to achieve success “was starting to hurt her”. This made the actor promise himself that he would not cross any boundaries with his son Jaden during the filming of the film After Earth, which father and son starred together.

By growing up with strict rules and setting the same high expectations for his own children, Will shows how our parents have a huge influence on us, whether we like it or not. However, his story also shows us that we can always question what we are doing, take a step back and correct the way we educate our children.

Today, after years of experience as a parent, Will has come to the conclusion that there are no rules when it comes to raising a child. For him, “it’s more about art than science”, and he also says that, as a father, he’s reached a place where he feels good about the result achieved.

How do you look at the role of parents in raising children? Do you think rigidity is the best path or do you think that children should be free to choose their own paths?