Referring to an incident reported by the News You Should Know Blog, music star Teddy Riley responds to allegations that he assaulted two of his adult children with a guitar.
Riley’s 18-year-old daughter, Taja Riley, filed a restraining order against her dad who allegedly struck her and an older sibling repeatedly with a guitar from the video game “Rock Band.”
From EURweb.com
In a statement to TMZ, Riley is strongly denying the allegations – and insists the entire situation happened because as a parent he allowed his kids to have “an inflated sense of entitlement and expectation.”
Here’s his statement in its entirety:
Due to recent events, I am compelled to respond in detail to accusations made against me, by my daughters.
I love my daughters, but I will not allow my children to disrespect me in my home. Contrary to what I have been accused of, I would never beat my children.
Perhaps, I should have been a stronger disciplinarian as they were growing up. I worked very hard so that my children would want for nothing.
In hindsight, I see that it was a mistake to give them everything they wanted so that they could have the childhood I never had. Unfortunately, they have taken me, and the privileged life I have given them, completely for granted.
Instead of being appreciative and realizing how fortunate they are, my children have an inflated sense of entitlement and expectation without having to work or earn their way.
However, my ‘children’ are no longer children; they are adults, and I am trying to instill in them values and a work ethic of their own. My mother always told me “too many grown people can’t live in one house,” so I encourage them to have their own homes if they cannot abide by the rules of mine. I am not an uptight Dad; I am as hip as they come, but I will not tolerate being taken advantage of or disrespected, especially in my home.
I’ve been working since the age of 14. I bought my first car by myself. Nobody gave me a car. My kids don’t even remember their first car. I grew up with six of us in an apartment fighting over one bathroom. My kids have never had to share a bathroom, let alone a bedroom.
I’m asking everyone to let this one go … I’m only being a good parent. I’m a great father, and everyone who knows me, knows this is true.
Thank you so much,
With all my love,
Teddy Riley
Riley’s 18-year-old daughter, Taja Riley, filed a restraining order against her dad who allegedly struck her and an older sibling repeatedly with a guitar from the video game “Rock Band.”
From EURweb.com
In a statement to TMZ, Riley is strongly denying the allegations – and insists the entire situation happened because as a parent he allowed his kids to have “an inflated sense of entitlement and expectation.”
Here’s his statement in its entirety:
Due to recent events, I am compelled to respond in detail to accusations made against me, by my daughters.
I love my daughters, but I will not allow my children to disrespect me in my home. Contrary to what I have been accused of, I would never beat my children.
Perhaps, I should have been a stronger disciplinarian as they were growing up. I worked very hard so that my children would want for nothing.
In hindsight, I see that it was a mistake to give them everything they wanted so that they could have the childhood I never had. Unfortunately, they have taken me, and the privileged life I have given them, completely for granted.
Instead of being appreciative and realizing how fortunate they are, my children have an inflated sense of entitlement and expectation without having to work or earn their way.
However, my ‘children’ are no longer children; they are adults, and I am trying to instill in them values and a work ethic of their own. My mother always told me “too many grown people can’t live in one house,” so I encourage them to have their own homes if they cannot abide by the rules of mine. I am not an uptight Dad; I am as hip as they come, but I will not tolerate being taken advantage of or disrespected, especially in my home.
I’ve been working since the age of 14. I bought my first car by myself. Nobody gave me a car. My kids don’t even remember their first car. I grew up with six of us in an apartment fighting over one bathroom. My kids have never had to share a bathroom, let alone a bedroom.
I’m asking everyone to let this one go … I’m only being a good parent. I’m a great father, and everyone who knows me, knows this is true.
Thank you so much,
With all my love,
Teddy Riley
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