Basketball star Dwyane Wade and his wife Gabrielle Union are raising their children to be exactly who they are, and it's so heartwarming to see. More parents should be like the Wades!
Basketball star Dwyane Wade and his wife Gabrielle Union are raising their children to be exactly who they are, and it's so heartwarming to see. More parents should be like the Wades!
This raised a few eyebrows as Zion was assigned male at birth, but both Dwyane and Gabrielle defended their child's right to express themselves and be referred to however they're most comfortable with.
“I watched my son, from day one, become into who she now eventually come into,” Dwyane said on an episode of the All The Smoke podcast.
"So, all I had to do now is get smarter educate myself more. And that’s my job," Dwyane said. Speaking of how he and Gabrielle are raising their children, he said, "We want them to be whoever they feel that they can be in this world. That’s our goal."
"And I had to look myself in the mirror and say, ‘What if your son comes home and tell you he’s gay? What are you going to do? How are you going to be? How are you going to act?’"
Dwyane also added, "You know, whatever you want to do, it’s my job to support you and make sure that you have all the tools you need to be as happy as you can be in this world while you’re doing it."
"So, they’re not different, they’re normal. The ones that don’t understand it are the ones that are different.”
Zion is lucky to have such a loving and supportive family!
Actress Charlize Theron has two adopted children, August and Jackson, and recently spoke about how important it is for her to support her daughters equally.
"Yes, I thought she was a boy, too," Charlize told the publication. "Until she looked at me when she was three years old and said: 'I am not a boy!'"
"I have two beautiful daughters who, just like any parent, I want to protect and I want to see thrive," Charlize said.
In a recent interview with Pride Source she expanded on this situation.
Charlize explained why she said what she did to the Daily Mail, saying, "I feel like as her mother, for me, it was important to let the world know that I would appreciate it if they would use the right pronouns for her. "
"It really hurt her feelings. I don’t want to be that mom, and that was really why I said what I said a while back."
We love to see celebrities supporting their children!