Jada Pinkett-Smith: “Woman Up,” Coming Between A Man And His Children Is “Selfish”

Jada Pinkett-Smith, Sheree Fletcher, Jaden, Trey, Willow
Jada Pinkett-Smith, Sheree Fletcher, Jaden, Trey, Willow

Sheree Fletcher holding Jaden Smith, Trey holding Willow Smith, and Jada Pinkett-Smith

In December, Jada Pinkett-Smith schooled men on the war they’ve created against themselves by degrading women , and this weekend, she dropped knowledge on women — particularly married women struggling with blended families.

She posted the adorable photo above of herself with her husband’s ex-wife, Sheree Fletcher and their children Jaden , Trey , and baby Willow . In the letter below, she essentially instructs a female friend to grow up and be the mother and wife she chose to be.

A letter to a friend:

Blended families are NEVER easy, but here’s why I don’t have a lot of sympathy for your situation because… we CHOOSE them. When I married Will, I knew Trey was part of the package…Period! If I didn’t want that…I needed to marry someone else.

Then I learned if I am going to love Trey…I had to learn to love the most important person in the world to him…his mother. And the two of us may not have always LIKED each other… but we have learned to LOVE each other.

I can’t support any actions that keep a man from his children of a previous marriage. These are the situations that separate the women from the girls.

Your behavior is that of an insecure child who needs to recognize her own weaknesses that MUST be strengthened to take on the task at hand. We can’t say we love our man and then come in between him and his children. THAT’S selfishness…NOT love.

WOMAN UP … I’ve been there…I know. My blended family made me a giant… Taught me so much about love, commitment and it has been the biggest ego death to date. It’s time you let your blended family make you the giant you truly are.

J

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