ASAP Rocky’s Parenting Philosophy: Teaching Kids Valuable Life Lessons
Rapper ASAP Rocky is shedding light on the essential lessons he’s passing down to his children. In a recent interview, Rocky opened up about parenting and the values he wants his kids to inherit.
ASAP Rocky discussed his experiences with fatherhood and what lessons he is hoping to pass down to his two children during a recent interview with W Magazine. He and Rihanna welcomed their second son, Riot Rose, in August of last year.
The topic arose with Rocky discussing his father, who taught him to trust himself, something he hopes to instill in his own children. He also hopes to teach, “a little bit of humility—and cockiness when it’s time. Yin and yang. What I learned is, freedom is key, so I really want to support my boys and hope to be receptive to whoever and whatever they want to be in life.” Of parenting, he added: “Once you a parent, you just embody that, no matter what. I’m so happy that I at least still got one parent. If I didn’t have the support of our [his and Rihanna’s] parents, I don’t know what we would be doing.”
From there, he brought up Rihanna and the support he gets from his “companion, from my woman, from my partner. She knows when to hold it down. I think we both have our niches, our things that we do that we’re good at. She could never be a great dad, because she’s a great mom. And I could never be a great mom, because I’m the greatest dad in the whole wide world.”
It isn’t the first time he’s spoken highly of Rihanna’s skills as a mother. Back in August, he labeled her the “perfect partner,” during an interview with Billboard.
