Akon defends parenting in absentia: "Attending kids' recitals is a white man's thing"

[eigengrau]

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[pi_lady]

The worst part is that he's going to pass on this "wisdom" onto his kids.

[choukoumei]

I am sure some of them will be smart and hate him but yeah, there is always at least one or two who carry it on.

[mangosmuggler]

Yes, the apple CAN fall far from the tree. It happens, like with me… I am nothing like my abusive, child-beating parents 🥺 I am gentle, sensitive, and kind-hearted.

But you’re right…. My two siblings turned out exactly like our parents 🤨🥴😑🙄

[likeiused2]

let me go to bat for my dad and say he was at every gymnastics meet, every soccer game, every dance, piano, and flute recital, every pep rally and game I cheered, and was the most supportive dad in the world. that stuff absolutely mattered to me and the other kids whose dads weren't there who would say so when theirs didn't show. I knew how lucky I was to have that, and how lucky he was to have a job that allowed it (after the markets closed he could work late or come early to make up any time he took to come).
these spread the seed mother fuckers can kiss my ass. it is not the responsibility of women to raise the children alone.

[potter_lover456]

I don't have a lot of memories from when I was young, but I do have a strong memory of scanning the crowd at a kindergarten recital and the sinking feeling I had when I didn't see my dad next to my mom. And the soaring feeling when I saw him in the back proudly watching me (iirc his work ran just slightly over and he got in just as it started and he didn't want to make a scene trying to get to my mom.)

And this isn't to devalue my mom. I would have been upset if she had missed it, too, but that doesn't mean dad's don't matter to their kids.

[likeiused2]

i'm glad you have that memory, and I understand in regards to your mom--you knew she'd be there because of course she was there. I had a mom like that. we don't get along now, but she was my biggest cheerleader when I was a kid.

[potter_lover456]

I'm sorry you don't have the relationship now, but I'm glad you had it then. It's so important then you're a child to feel loved and supported.

[healthypanda]

TIL Akon is garbage

[anachan87]

one starts to wonder if perhaps the children are better off without fathers like Akon or Nick Cannon around...

[vulpecula_1]

They probably are, the less they are expossed to this bullshit the better.

[gillenvillain]

Men were/are a mistake.

I'm SO glad my dad was never around. He was a pos until his death and I don't mourn that asshole.

[a_files06]

Shut the fork up Akorn.