Is this a photo Michael Jackson's children? All reports indicate they are 9 year old Paris Katherine and 5 year old Prince Michael II. I've always believed that MJ's attempt to hide his children was a misguided effort to make them 'normal.' Misguided because I think that alienating them from the outside world and other 'normal' children would be bad for their growth and development. I recall often reading about some 70s-80s popstar who didn't lead a 'normal' life growing up; he had very few chances to meet and play with other children. He was very sheltered from the outside world.
That popstar, obviously, was Michael Jackson himself, and we all know how that turned out.
Some bloggers have said that the above rare photo of his children, without headgear, is a weak publicity attempt by MJ to garner a little bit of the attention into his life. I don't believe that. I think he is, and has been, honestly raising the kids in the best way he knows how. We can mock him for the monkey, the elephant man bones and his personal oxygen tank bed. It's what we do with our celebrities.
But, we should let him off with the hook with his kids. If you ever see the children in the photograph above, leave them alone.
If you make eye contact, give a small smile and or a nod as you pass them by.
Let's hope that they do get a chance for some kind of 'normal' life. It will much more likely if we don't come across another picture like this one.
