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Will Smith Has The Best Response To His Son’s Gender-Fluid Style:

I guess it is up to each individual to stay informed or be ABREAST of the new terminology and styles that are floating around.  This morning I learned a new one; GENDER FLOW STYLE.

From what I can ascertain from it’s name; it refers to people that are into this life style flow back and forth between genders. Today a guy – tomorrow a gal – the next day a switch hitter and finally a very confused person, especially if they are young and impressionable.

It appears that in the Will and Jada Smith family, just about anything goes.  It is something I don’t believe in. It is a hell of a lot easier to maintain such and extreme way of life if a person has unlimited financial resources and can experiment on the old mans dime.

What a good looking family!!!

It is pretty simple to live a carefree, gender-flow life style when all a person has to do is dig in their pocket and keep pulling out a hundred dollar bills or grab the Amex card that they are not paying the tab on. They can do just about anything they want and still sleep at night.

On the other hand, if we are talking about the average  person that comes from a working class family, that has responsibilities and commitments – that has to be very careful on how they present themselves with the impression they make on people that would impact their livelihood – that do not have super wealthy parents supporting their fantasies, I think we are looking at a completely different ball game.

To start and end with, I am a firm believer that kids need direction and guidance  from their parents. Parents have to be good role models and set a good example.

It is a well known fact coming from the experts that kids need, discipline and WANT guidance.

http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/every-child-needs

It has been observed by friends and family;  the “flow” strategy and  lack of punishment in the house is working out for Willow and Jaden.  That can be a matter of opinion but I guess the only opinion that matters is what the Smith’s think is a suitable lifestyle for their kids to grow into.

There have been many many examples of  kids that come from wealthy have 10 times the problems average kids have.  The access to unlimited money and lack of supervision are the key factors.

A great example but somewhat extreme is the  AFFLUENZA brat.

I am not saying that the Smith’s are bad parent but I am saying that they are very rich people that let their kids do exactly what they want; in all areas. That is not a good thing.

Come on Will; I know this is not what you want your son walking around wearing dress with a flower in his hair.

In an interview with BBC Radio 1Xtra, Will (who also has a son, Trey, from a previous relationship) talked about his approach to parenting on.  He did admit he took a couple wrong turns.

“Your kids seem to have a lot of freedom of expression,” A.Dot said before asking, “Is that something that you consciously encourage them to have?”

“Yeah, I think it may have been a mistake,” Will laughed.  “I think we may have gone too far.”

I would say that is an understatement. Especially in this day and age of sheep jumping off of the cliff playing follow the dummy.

Kids see their peers, especially if they come from affluent families, doing outrageous things, they will copy them in a minute.  They want to be part of the group.

I do agree that kids are going to do what they want when they get older. My contention is; at least try to steer them in the right direction when they are younger. In this day and age, the right direction is a matter of interpretation.

What I can say from my experience. The old school methods of raising kid, where standards were set, examples were given, role models were present and good parenting was the order of the day, we did not have as many problems in ALL areas as we do today in our modern PC society.

Be a parent first then a friend.