A BCK READING PSA WITH TYRESE AND DAUGHTER
Submitted by admin on July 29, 2009 at 10:50 am 37 Comments
“This is who changed my life.. Everyday I think either these streets are gonna teach her about life.. Or I WILL.. The streets is NOT an Option.. Read to you Kids… No Video Game can teach them about LIFE…. “~Actor Tyrese Gibson talks about the importance of reading to your kids.
"I Love You, daddy by Jillian Harker-$4.99
Singer Tyrese is reading I Love You Daddy
Click Here to see Tyrese and daughter Shayla at the Kids’ Choice Awards in March
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THANK YOU FOR SETTING A POSITIVE EXAMPLE TYRESE…
Thumbs up!
Is this the same child, that when her mother was carrying her. Tyrese beat her down. He was charged with domestic violence against his wife while she was pregnant. Ya I remember hearing that on the radio news shows but society, news people, whoever didn’t hound him and talk about it like they are doing with Chris Brown. Yes Chris Brown was wrong, he has apologized to the public and Ri but we as African Americans will not let it go. We will continue to bring him down and we as a people will be the ones to make sure that his music career is over. Do anyone remember the domestic case with Tyrese while his wife was pregnant? If so we forgave him and all the other wife beaters so forive Chris Brown and move on.
aaaawwwww…
cute tyrese, but you still get a sideeye for that sham of a marriage…
Awww great dad/daughter moment.
Good for you Tyreese!!! Read to the baby, I remember my mother and I reading together until I was 10 and started getting my own books to read. It was a very special time.
Does he feel the same way about providing the income for his ex-wife so that she can have the time to read, nurture and provide daily care for their daughter. While his talk on the importance of reading is very positive; meanwhile his first concern seems to be for himself and his extravagant lifestyle that he feels is more important than the necessary finances to allow his ex-wife to stay at home with their daughter at least until she is 4 or 6 years old. I find him most egotistical and doubt if he cares more about his daughter than he does himself. Just my opinion
i agree about him being egotistical
WOW, tell em why you mad! LOL, but I understand your point…….
He pays her bills, pays child support, and spends time with his daughter. That is a single mothers dream, if she wants more income she needs to get a job and provide for her child instead of relying 100% on a man to do it. Single mothers I know do what they have to do to provide for their children because their childs father is mad because he has to pay child support so he lacks spending time with his child, or they pay nothing, and leave all on the mother to struggle. What she has is a blessing.
Thank you Meyah! I almost had to share my two cents on the importance of being proactive in your life instead of depending on a man 100%, even if that man is your rich husband, but you stated my thoughts quite well. Thanks!
On the whole, single mothers are usually in the financial position of having an ex that brings in the kind of money that this man brings in; so it is necessary for the mother to seek employment. This man discribed what he needed his money to do and a lot of it was just waste. He is the father of this child and he is just as responsible for her as the mother. He is in the position to support this mother by allowing her to stay at home to nuture this child until she is at least 5 or 6 years old. That’s not a lifetime. Once the child is old enough for school, then she can seek employment. But he is just as responsible for that child as she. To show him reading to the child and telling outher men what they should do for their children when he’s not doing what he can for his is hypocritical. I realize what most single mothers do but men need to understand that what affects the mother who’s raising your child, affects your child. I remember when he was climbing on a bus and singing for Coca-cola; one day he may be looking for another bus without the benefit of a pay check from coke. Women need to stop cutting men all the slack that they do and expect them to step up to the plate and assist with their offsprings. He, to me, is the living example of BABY BOY.
Aww how sweet..
I thought the child support issue was settled in court. I think both parties should be able to provide for the child regardless. If Tyrese didnt act or sing another day, what then? How would his ex survive. Depending on men in this day and age is a thing of the past. Women need to have their own careers and stop depending on men to take care of them. Just my opinion.
You better say it!!!! I TOTALLY agree with you. He is paying the rent, the care note, and the car insurance, and also paying what $6500 in child supportper month. What else does he have to do? Where is her half of the “child support”?
I understand your point as well! Might I also add its refreshing to see opposite opinions on BCK without anger and with intelligence.
I think that is a great, positive message Black Ty is trying to instill in his daughter. Way to go, Tyrese
Nat, I totally have to agree with you. His wife aint doing nothing for her. Why is it all on him?
EX-WIFEY needs to get herself a JOB and WORK like the rest of us single mom sistas out here! AND….then still find the time to read to our children, check their homework, stay on top of their academia in general, make sure they get plenty of physical exercise because a healthy BODY is just as important as a healthy MIND….you all get the point. Thousands of us single parents successfully do this EVERY DAY! Tyreese’s EX can make the time to do it as well!
You are so right and I sing the praises of many single mothers. But most single mothers don’t have men who are fathers that pull in the kind of money that this man pulls in. Did you read that he couldn’t pay but just so much because of his wardrobe cost and all the egotistical crap. I just don’t see him sitting in photo ops telling other men what they should do when he hasn’t stepped up to the plate the way he should. He’s not the teacher and you women need to stop cutting slack for these half stepping dads. comparing what the average single mother gets from her ex to him and his ex is apples and oranges. He made this baby too and he should have to support her in the manner that he has kept her until the child is of age that she can go get a job. If she had been white he wouldn’t have gotten away with this crap. that’s just my opinion. He’s a slacker that has no right to chastise or preach to other fathers.
Yes this is all good, but I hope he teaches her to respect her body and don’t put tats all over it like Daddy did. Yeah I said it. For all the women who find it sexy, Respect to you say. But I don’t like that he took that beautiful dark skin flawell skin and put black ink that you can barely see. Makes no sense to me. To each his own.
Awww this is so cute!
Sittin on her little couch (lol) reading I love you, daddy… so cute
tyrese babygirl is too cute i love how she looks shes one of my favourites lol
more parents should be reading to their kids.. it teaches good language and literacy skills for later in life, my mum read to me a lot when i was younger, i was a bookworm lol, i was always top in my english classes because of it…
This not only amazing to see how he is obviously interacting with his daughter, but this man has to know that he is some kind of sexy. Oh Jesus
Okay Khirsh wasn’t some of u complaining about Kelis getting that much a month from Nas? Now u complaining about Tyrese doesn’t give his ex wife enuff for her to sit home with their daughter. You don’t know what Tyrese does, he seems to be a very positive force in his daughter’s life. She is just to pretty for words, I love seeing Tyrese with his little cutie pie. Good job Tyrese, keep up the good work.
Nope, wasn’t me I don’t know the people you are talking about. I read in another article where Tyrese was talking about what he needs his money for and it all seemes so minor next to ensuring that his daughter has best first. Kelly and Nas I never commented on. I do feel that he is fronting here with this little girl and that is a shame. I think that he is a slacker. If you have children you owe them the best if you can afford it and if you can’t then you owe them the best that you have. That’s just the way I feel
he didnt start spending time with his daughter. until his ex-wife put him on blast for being a deadbeat dad who kept his daughter all day and never changed her diaper.
That is so nice of Tyrese reading “I love you Daddy” to his beautiful little girl Shayla
I guess I’m the pessimist here, but this whole picture looks staged.
Amen! And I don’t know why he is getting so much love for doing something that he is expected to do. It’s his daughter, he should be reading to her…..You wouldn’t get all the oohs and aahs if it were the mother.
I mean I’m sure it was, how random would it be for the press to have a quote and picture to match their story? I’m pretty sure whenever the “interview” took place that the quote came from, they had them take this picture as well. I think it’s pricless! I have a few of my husband reading and random moments with our 4 year old and it is really beautiful.
But as for his ex wife, MY OPINION, is that she is getting more than what is fair, they were only married for 10 months! I could see 10 years but hell he is paying all her bills,child support, etc. What more does she need? I know, a damn JOB! There is nothing wrong with her, and as for him paying for her to be a house wife or stay at home mom, sometimes you lose that luxury when you are no longer a wife. As stated there are plenty of women who have been home with the kids for over 15 years, got divorced and had to start all over with alot less than HALF of what she is getting. She should feel blessed. If it weren’t for him, what would she do for money? I’m not attacking her personally, but I hate seeing women abuse the court system in the name of the child, he is paying child support, he shouldn’t have to pay his bills and hers too! Also his expenses for clothes may very well be a bit much, but he is working to afford that privilage and I can only imagine what HER shopping total would be had she been awarded more money!
Man, you guys are hard on a woman. I guess I’m from the old school. But what he gives her has should be based on the style in which he had given to her. With a tad less, but not at the expense of changing the life style of the baby. What seems like a lot to you and me may be a drop in the bucket for her to maintain her life style. So he should be paying accordingly. According to him she signed pre-nupt so that means he isn’t being as generous as you think he is. Ya’ll better stop sticking up for these men. That’s half the reason so many of them are slackers. He’ll just go marry again and do the same thing to another woman. She will have that child forever, which lowers her chances of finding another husband. If you dance to the music, you ought to pay to the piper.
I fully understand your point, but at the same time, in the 10 months you were married, seriously how much has life changed? Obviously there daughter was born before they were married and she was fine, and I’m sure to even get caught up with Tyrese in the first place she had to have had herself established in someway, so my thing is don’t act so needy now. You can work and support your child just fine, doing whatever it was that you were doing before you met him. Don’t be weak, ok that part of your life is over, pick yourself up and carry on. I’m happy he is taking care of his child as he shoulbe be but even if she was to get spousal support or what not that only should last her long enough to get on her feet, esp since the marriage was so short lived, it’s not intended to make her rich, just to help her until she can support herself and the child. And with him paying as much as he is, she should be able to that a hell of alot faster than other mothers dealing with her same situation!
To those who are given more, more is expected. That’s all I’m saying. Most single or divorced mothers don’t have the type of life that was afforded this lady. And some can barely get support for the children. Tyrese, thought far enough ahead to have her sign papers that she would not get what would have been half of his wealth. And I am certain that she will seek employment. All that I am saying is that at this time while the baby is still a baby, if she is not forced to seek employment it would be nice and thoughtful of him to allow her to remain at home with the child until she is school age. That’s all I’m saying. I’m not suggesting that he make her an heiress. that’s only about 3 more years. I keep hearing that his wife should go back home….where is she from? Is she foreign? I guess I just always think of Will Smith and the perfect example he set for a divorced parent. But then, I suppose that’s why he is such a special man and he will always be graced with success. He was raised to be a man and it shows.
cute
I think this is really sweet and so is that book “I love daddy.” I agree with the above comments, men should be there for their kids. I have too many single friends who are struggling while their baby daddies go from woman to woman like bees pollinating flowers. These men just don’t care about any body but themselves. Real men are responsible.