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What Will Happen to MJ’s Kids?
26-Jun-2009
Written by: Stephanie DeLuca
Who will take care of Michael Jackson’s children now that he is gone?
Michael Jackson’s children are rarely in the public eye but what will happen to the children now being that the King of Pop has died?
It has been unknown as to who the biological father of Prince Michael, 12, Paris, 11, and Blanket, 7. However, they are Jackson’s legal children, MSNBC reported.
“Michael Jackson has been the only parent these children have known, and now he’s gone,” Galina Espinoza, senior editor of People magazine, told TODAY’s Natalie Morales Friday in New York.
According to MSNBC, Diane Dimond, the author who wrote many stories on Jackson, revealed that the icon’s mother, Katherine Jackson, will in fact take care of the children.
On the other hand, there may be a custody battle in the near future, warned NBC News’ legal analyst Dan Abrams. Jackson’s second wife and biological mother of Prince Michael and Paris, Debbie Rowe, may want custody over the children. Blanket’s has an unknown surrogate mother in Europe.
Despite the fact that Rowe gave all custody rights to Jackson, she can still try and get the children back in her care.
“When you’re talking about children, the first question is: What’s in the best interest of those children?” Abrams told MSNBC. “Some people will say, ‘Well, [Rowe] gave up custody.’ But that doesn’t mean forever. Now that Michael Jackson has died, she can certainly come back into the picture and say, ‘Wait a second. It is in the best interests of the children to be back with me.’ ”
Espinoza revealed that Jackson was a loving and devoted father. He spent a lot of his time with his children and if they weren’t with him they would be with their nannies. Rowe, in contrast, had spent very little time with their children.
The children were educated at home. Even though Jackson took care of his kids the best he can, they did not have a normal childhood. Since they were home schooled they did not have the opportunity to interact with other children their age.
This will be a very difficult time for these children who have been sheltered their whole life.
“The psychological pressure that’s on these children is just tremendous,” Dimond told MSNBC. “First off, they lost their parent. They haven’t been brought up in a traditional way. They are not like other children. They’re going to be pushed out into the real world now, which they’re totally unaccustomed to.”
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