This warmed my heart and made me smile. Hopefully it will do the same for you.
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To kids, he was dad.
Whatever bilogy and genetics may or may not say, there is no disputing what the three
Children consider Michael Jackson.
"They called him 'Daddy'," Mike La Perryque, his long time confidant and head of
Security said yesterday.
And in La Perryque's experience, Jacksons primary goal was to be the very best daddy
he could be in all ways so much more important than any biological particulars.
"The kids were Michaels life," La Perruque said. "If there is anything thy can be said about
Michael, he was a very good father."
Jacksons father had been ordinately harsh, and he took this as a guide of how not to be.
"He thought a father should be what was opposite of what he recieved as a child,"
La Perruque said.
At the same time, Jackson understood that children need limits to help them find
Themselves and their place among others.
He guided them not with a stinging belt but with quiet words whose intent was
Always not to hurt but to help.
"Loving discipline," La Perruque said. "One thing he didn't want was to spoil the
children."
La Perruque can recall momets such as when he was speaking with Jackson,
And little Paris came running up to say something. Jackson paused and spoke
As a daddy should, quiet and firm but warm.
"Paris do you have an emergency?" Jackson asked.
"No," the child said.
"Do you see I'm talking to Mike?" Jackson asked. "You have to say 'excuse
me' or wait unless you really need something."
La Perruque also remembered occasions where he took his two older
children along with the children of family friends to a toy store such as
FAO Schwarz. "The other kids were going nuts, cartfuls of toys," La
Perruque remembered. Jackson spoke to them in that vice of loving
discipline. "He would tell Paris and Prince, 'You're only allowed to have
One toy each and whatever it is make sure it's something you
really want,' " La Perruque remembered.
As the security chief from late 2001 to 2004 and then again from
summer of 2007 until the following spring, La Perruque assisted
Jackson with another worry regusrding the children. This was also
born of Jacksons own childhood, when he was recognized and
mobbed everywhere he went.
"He did not want his kids growing up in the public eye," La
Perruque said. "He wanted to minimise their exposure as much
as he could, so his kids would not get the same public exposure
he recieved when he was growing up"
"The children were given masks when they went out until
Jackson noted that the children of other celebrities were able
to tolerate a certain amount of exposure.
"It was done just to protect the children," La Perruque said.
Jackson provided the children with someone very close to a
mother in the person of their nanny Grace Rwaramba.
La Perruque can describe her with a single word. "Wonderful"
he said. "I have only great things to say about Grace."
La Perruque has children of his own who are slightly older
And he had long daddy to daddy talks with Jackson about
the love and attention and guidance kids need as they
Progress through the stages growing up.
Tje oldest of Jacksons children was still two years from
becoming a teen when La Perruque last saw then about
a month ago at a family birthday party hosted by Janet
Jackson at a Beverly Hills restaurant.
The three sat with their daddy, who was thinner than
La Perruque had ever seen him. The children themselves
seemed as unspoiled as ever.
"They were not the type of kids who run around crazy
and do whatever they wanted to do," La Perruque said.
More than anything all three seemed to be what any
daddy wants most. "Happy" La Perruque said. "They
Always seemed happy."
A month later, that happiness has become a measure
of their heartbreak. Theyare out of public view in the
family compound as the world buzzes about biological and
generic paternity. The indispitablr certainty is how rightly
they called Michale Jackson daddy.
---Michael Daly. Daily News. July 1 2009
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To kids, he was dad.
Whatever bilogy and genetics may or may not say, there is no disputing what the three
Children consider Michael Jackson.
"They called him 'Daddy'," Mike La Perryque, his long time confidant and head of
Security said yesterday.
And in La Perryque's experience, Jacksons primary goal was to be the very best daddy
he could be in all ways so much more important than any biological particulars.
"The kids were Michaels life," La Perruque said. "If there is anything thy can be said about
Michael, he was a very good father."
Jacksons father had been ordinately harsh, and he took this as a guide of how not to be.
"He thought a father should be what was opposite of what he recieved as a child,"
La Perruque said.
At the same time, Jackson understood that children need limits to help them find
Themselves and their place among others.
He guided them not with a stinging belt but with quiet words whose intent was
Always not to hurt but to help.
"Loving discipline," La Perruque said. "One thing he didn't want was to spoil the
children."
La Perruque can recall momets such as when he was speaking with Jackson,
And little Paris came running up to say something. Jackson paused and spoke
As a daddy should, quiet and firm but warm.
"Paris do you have an emergency?" Jackson asked.
"No," the child said.
"Do you see I'm talking to Mike?" Jackson asked. "You have to say 'excuse
me' or wait unless you really need something."
La Perruque also remembered occasions where he took his two older
children along with the children of family friends to a toy store such as
FAO Schwarz. "The other kids were going nuts, cartfuls of toys," La
Perruque remembered. Jackson spoke to them in that vice of loving
discipline. "He would tell Paris and Prince, 'You're only allowed to have
One toy each and whatever it is make sure it's something you
really want,' " La Perruque remembered.
As the security chief from late 2001 to 2004 and then again from
summer of 2007 until the following spring, La Perruque assisted
Jackson with another worry regusrding the children. This was also
born of Jacksons own childhood, when he was recognized and
mobbed everywhere he went.
"He did not want his kids growing up in the public eye," La
Perruque said. "He wanted to minimise their exposure as much
as he could, so his kids would not get the same public exposure
he recieved when he was growing up"
"The children were given masks when they went out until
Jackson noted that the children of other celebrities were able
to tolerate a certain amount of exposure.
"It was done just to protect the children," La Perruque said.
Jackson provided the children with someone very close to a
mother in the person of their nanny Grace Rwaramba.
La Perruque can describe her with a single word. "Wonderful"
he said. "I have only great things to say about Grace."
La Perruque has children of his own who are slightly older
And he had long daddy to daddy talks with Jackson about
the love and attention and guidance kids need as they
Progress through the stages growing up.
Tje oldest of Jacksons children was still two years from
becoming a teen when La Perruque last saw then about
a month ago at a family birthday party hosted by Janet
Jackson at a Beverly Hills restaurant.
The three sat with their daddy, who was thinner than
La Perruque had ever seen him. The children themselves
seemed as unspoiled as ever.
"They were not the type of kids who run around crazy
and do whatever they wanted to do," La Perruque said.
More than anything all three seemed to be what any
daddy wants most. "Happy" La Perruque said. "They
Always seemed happy."
A month later, that happiness has become a measure
of their heartbreak. Theyare out of public view in the
family compound as the world buzzes about biological and
generic paternity. The indispitablr certainty is how rightly
they called Michale Jackson daddy.
---Michael Daly. Daily News. July 1 2009
He was a wonderful father. But we knew it anyway. 
