Michael Jackson's childhood experiences and how they affected his adult life

The subtitle here really reflects the main point I would like to bring out in this blog.

All the horrors which the Jackson kids had to endure may not be revealed, but what we know is enough for us to reasonably conclude, that an abusive father played a significant role in creating a side of Michael Jackson (MJ) which was undesirable.

This may be judgemental in nature but many of us have the same view (based on my assessment)... Joe Jackson has the physical and behavioral attributes of a pimp. I can't help but wonder at this man. Michael's fans seem to be far more concerned with the turn that the pop stars life had taken than his very own father did.

Even though all the Jackson kids may have faced the same abuse as Michael did, it is Michael it seems who was most affected. He apparently became so fixated on reclaiming his childhood he almost lost both it and his adulthood. Had it not been for Michael Jackson spilling his guts about his childhood, the world might have never come to know what he and his siblings had to endure all those years as they entertained us. I wonder if Joe Jackson ever even really appreciated his son and his accomplishments or if he was more interested in milking more from his son's success. This realisation (if it is so), would have no doubt hurt Michael even more. Could this have been the straw which finally broke the camel's back?

Michael's life should be an example to all parents and parents to be. A child's experience can affect his life has an adult for the better or for the worst. Even Michael's detractors would do well to bear this aspect of his life in mind.

Michael had it all, except for his own peace of mind and total acceptance of himself. A dad who constantly said negative things about the size of his nose, caused Michael to try to change his features later in his life.

Michael Jackson may have fared better in that regards, had he spent all that money on seeking psychological healing rather than trying to change himself physically.

I look around me and I can see many Michael Jacksons. Displeased with their childhood and who they are they try to transform themselves through tattoos, excessive body piercings, bleaching the skin, face lifts, endless plastic surgeries, cross gender practices and the list could go on and on. Are all these people any better than Michael? Don't they all need help? Do parents even bother to take responsibility for the adults their child/ren become?

Joe Jackson seems far more interested in what Michael has or could have garnered through performing, rather than who his child had become.

I have deep reservations about the charges brought against Michael during that tumultuous period of his life which ultimately sent him into seclusion. Even in death he is still on trial for things which he had been declared innocent of.

I believe it is safe to say that for most of his life Michael was exposed to hurt and exploitation starting with his father and then being added to by other people he encountered in his life.

There are many twisted adults around, whose character or eccentricities came about as a result of childhood experiences, perverts, murders, rapist. These people learn to hurt others as a part of expressing their hurt. Michael Jackson expressed his hurt by telling us about it in both words and songs, as well as in his bid to change his physical appearance. Who is more dangerous?

Let Michael's life be an example to us as parents/guardians. Let us pay closer attention to how we choose to raise our children. let us learn to listen to them and help them to become who they were meant to be, rather than trying to mould them into who we want them to be.

Michael it seems was destined to be the King of Pop. With proper parenting and encouragement he would have become a more stable King of Pop.

Our children may be destined to become a top lawyer, doctor, nurse, business man ect... What we do can affect just how successful they become as well as to the extent they may excel or crash and burn.

Rest in Peace Michael.