Recently, the protagonist of magic mikeChanning Tatum, opened his heart to share how he has lived his facet as a single father and although at first “he was nervous”, being a father has changed his life so much that he is now dabbling as an author of children’s literature.
In the program Todaythe actor spoke about it and not only shared how parenthood has been, but was also invited to promote his third children’s book The One and Only Sparkella and the Big Lie.
Let’s remember that after having been married for ten years to Jenna Dewan, in 2019 he surprised the world with the news of their separation, for which he had to learn some things to care for his little Everly, since he never imagined that he would have to practice as a single father and because of that, he has been inspired to write his series of books.
I was very nervous and thought: ‘It’s a girl!’ I searched on YouTube how to braid her hair. He didn’t want to be her father who took her to school with the appearance of having slept in the street. So yeah, this book series grew out of that. It was me figuring out how to talk to a girl.
In addition, Tatum mentioned that other things he experienced was the fact that he would have to raise her with love and impose basic rules for her upbringing, such as picking up her plate from the table, picking up dirty clothes from the floor, brushing her teeth after every meal, common and simple things for all the boys and girls, but doing it regularly and not imposing.
Strangely, children, even if they don’t want limits, they do. Your anxiety goes down, your stress level goes down when you just understand the rules. And they’re not even your rules, we call them the house rules.
For the actor, it was very difficult to know the best way to educate his daughter, since, according to what he confessed, he received a very different education, since his father was very severe with him and his imposition was a constant “play again that and you will receive yours”.
We (his daughter’s mother and him) have never slapped Evy. But we had to learn to be strong, firm, but not the way I grew up.
In this facet as a writer, Tatum shows that even when he is a defender of discipline, he does not see the need to be authoritarian in it, as he assures that, despite not having a precise philosophy on paternity, he is convinced that he wants the best for Everly and prevent her from ending up being a disaster, even though she knows that one way or another “she’s going to fail”, because no one is exempt from making mistakes in parenting.
One of the things that has attracted the most attention is that, precisely, after she had to go through quarantine with her daughter, the idea of writing children’s stories was born and although at first, her idea was to make the book for her little girl, he did not hesitate to broaden his horizons and share it with more parents “in distress”.