Usher Gives Advice on Being a Dad

July 9, 2008

Pop superstar Usher and his new baby, 9-month-old Usher Raymond V, grace the cover of the August issue of Essence Magazine. They look so cute! In the Essence interview, Usher talks about the responsibilities of being a dad.

Usher says, “Now I represent what he is to become. He’s gonna admire me, he’s gonna look up to me. He’s gonna say, ‘I wanna be’ – or he should say – ‘I wanna be like my father. I wanna be a man of valor. I wanna possess what my father has as a man.’”

Though the singer’s relationship with his own father, Usher Raymond III, was troubled, he says, “I don’t judge my father because I forgave him for anything he’d ever done to hurt me unintentionally.”

However, Usher’s childhood has colored his views on fatherhood. “You should never abandon that responsibility, which is to be there, reading with your child, being supportive of your child’s growth,” he says when asked what advice he’d give to young parents.

Usher is now married (to Tameka Foster) and has a kid? I never thought I’d see the day! How we all grow up and lead responsible lives…I’m proud of Usher and his little boy is SOOOO cute!

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