Jada Pinkett Smith Reflects on Raising Kids in the Public Eye

All in all, Jada stated she’s found out a whole lot from Jaden, Willow as well as Trey Smith, the latter of whom Will invited with ex-spouse Sheree Zampino in 1992.

“Motherhood will teach you everything about yourself, in my opinion,” she stated. “One of the greatest points that I’ve found out is, like, I experienced this duration where I was much like, ‘Oh my god! I’m compromising a lot!’…What I encountered resembled, ‘Well, that’s since that’s the female you intend to be. Nobody is taking anything from you, Jada. That’s due to the fact that this is the female that you intend to be.’

As she additionally described, “A lot of times, our parenting choices aren’t easy…and a lot of times they have to be really selfless, you know? And I just realized that in my motherhood, every step of the way, my kids were giving me opportunity to be the woman that I really wanted to be—not the fantasy, ideal Jada….And then just along the way, having to make choices every step of the way with my children of just like, ‘Nope. That’s the real you. Nope. That ain’t glamorous is it? But that’s the real you.'”