Posterchild For Teen Motherhood
Posted by Bossip Staff
Solange speaks on being a teen parent and offers advice for other teen parents such as Jamie Lynn Spears:
Knowles, now 21, welcomed son Daniel in 2004 at the age of 18 (she split with husband, former football player Daniel Smith, after the baby was born).
“I’m sure a lot of people perceived that I was gonna be a young, irresponsible mom. I think that there are some moms who are 35 who are just as irresponsible. You just have to make the best decisions for you. You have to decide what’s best for you. Who are we to say what’s right and wrong for a person?”
To focus on raising her son, Knowles said she “moved to the country for a year” without any nannies or babysitters. “My parents lived on a whole opposite part of the world. My son has been my focus ever since the day he was born. He’s been the light of my life, the inspiration behind everything.”
Good for her.
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1st..LMAO @ Bossips title
didnt yall already post this months ago…what is this a remix??
something is leading me to believe that solange wasnt getting the love that her bigger sister was receiving…
awww her son is gonna b a heartbreaker
@ Ms. NYTX..of course not her parents were busy with Beyonce..look at Ashley Simpson & Jaimie Lynn Spears, they were all cursed with older sisters & neglectful parents
LOL Remix….!! I agree with MS.NYTX….She was probably trying to compensate for that love my having a child to love her….
That boy needs some sunlight STAT!!
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Good for her. But what about the other teenage mothers that can’t MOVE TO THE COUNTRY and know they have stacks on deck to pay the bills. That should be her main focus, she didn’t really have a career, what else would she be doing. (Well she could have been a Brittney Spears, but I digress)..what about the teenage mothers, who have no father involved..go to school, work, and take care of their child. They really deserve praise for taking responsiblity. In a world where were I think,”It is so easy to take the easy way out.”
@ bree
im so later on the other side of the news…ashley simpson gotta kid too?
i mean late
WHATEVER, thank you for saying that. When you got stacks like the Knowles family it’s easier than a mfr to say all that. she has been pushed on the public and got acting jobs and singing opps that a proverbial Fantasia type did not get. Rich people need to realize that they can’t advise people who have nothing. At least not without some thought.
@Lauren…isn’t he the palest little thing ever! He’s a cutie though. I want to bite him!
…Did u say still wet behind the ears?
im sorry but in 08 young moms are nothing NEW. hell it wasnt new in 1978. good job solo, age aside if u birth it take care of it.
@rusty eagle…I cosign with that! When you have money to start off with, it makes certain situations a little easier than it would be for a regular person. But for the little bit we have seen of her and her son, she seems to be a good little mom.
i did hear about ashley simpson being preg…thats gonna be weird loooking kid.
@ Ms. NYTX
it hasn’t been confirmed..she’s engaged to Pete Wentz and People reported she was engaged because she is pregnant..so it’s a watch and see kind of thing
Solange Knowles is not the average teenage black mom. Cause the average teenage black parent is young, dum, and full of come, a high school dropout and is still a child herself. Plus said chic usually is draiining the system through welfare, WIC, foodstamps, and Section 8. I wouldn’t advise anyone to have a baby in their teen years cause you don’t even know yourself.
Solange’s family is rich and that makes a world of a difference when it comes to being able to provide for your child. It amazes me how out of touch people with money can be. Does Solange even know that Brenda is still having a baby and stuffing him in the garbage can?
Age ain’t nothing but a number; but bank account funds are real numbers.
Way to go Solange encouraging teen pregnancy. They should have her go around to schools and speak to the kids on how easy it is to raise a child, have a 9-5, while trying to maintain decent grades in school. I wish she would shut up because she always sounds like an airhead. Did she even finish school? She kills me acting like she didn’t get any help from her parents, financially and physically, raising the child and it was just her solo. She was on the road with Beyonce dragging that baby around the world. We she the pictures of you out with your nanny, Solange, so stop lying.
lies, lies, it’s all lies!
Daniel Smith is not the biological father of that child.
that boy is so bright… he cute but whats up wit his hair
Her kid is devoid of color, ewwwwww.
I wonder did they do a DNA test on this baby, Because he looks NOTHING like Daniel Smith.
@ lauren
SUp fam
i was just on another post chittin with m daddy whats good this morning… arent you excited you get to see barack obama today!!! philly is in the house today
some young teen mom…end up getting off welfare and become independent mother.
I think people fail to realize the welfare was created because women in the 50 and 60 couldn’t get the father of there kids to help with the bills.
I find it funny that people expect women to be stay at home wives and depend on a man..but when that man disappears and they go on welfare..oh they are horrible people.
IF CHILD SUPPORT WAS PAID FOR THIS KIDS…WELFARE WOULDN’T BE NEEDED.
True dat Rusty Eagle!!! How is it the “rich and famous” always cry victim. Give me half the loot and I would cry Victory. And I must say for the “umpteen ” time…those chicks are WAY older than they keep claiming. As a matter of fact Solange may be the oldest. The industry (record labels) twist so much stuff around about the artists that they no longer know who THEY are. Look at Lauren Hill..Game..Mariah…they all flipped their wigs. It’s almost like the devil is the CEO!!!
creole baby!!! GO AWAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYY
she sounds really stupid…most teen moms don’t have the advantage of having a rich family to fall back on…it’s not like this heffer had to go and find a job while she was out in the country with no nannies or babysitters…her bills were paid and she and that little boy were well taken care of…she really needs to watch what she says…or just stop speaking all together…
Honestly
I never seen what the father looked like until later
Um when I saw her son I thought that her husband (at the time) was a white man.
Now that I know who her baby daddy is ….boggling
maybe he will grow into his father features???????
I know in my family both of my grandparents are brownkin and my grandfather was darkskin and my 13 aunts and uncles range from black brown tan light red. I dont understand why some black people are stuck someone else’s baby daddy. Daniel favors Tina alot.
As long as she keeps her son as her main focus, I won’t clown her for marrying the baby’s father ONLY because she was pregnant in the first place.
But I really am glad to see that Ms. Solange is being responsible about the whole issue.
Funny, I don’t remember her “focusing” on her son when she’s hanging with LaLa in Carmelo’s mansion smoking on the chief under J.R. the basketball player…hhhmmm somethings make me just wonder.
I can’t question her mothering skills because I am not around her & her son…But let’s be for real…She is not all that responsible. Be you and stop faking the funk this *ish* is getting old.
As it should be. I was a teen mother and still don’t have a nanny and this shyt is hard as hell. But my baby is my heart…so I can feel her.
@anonymous- Her marriage to Daniel is not legally binding. They just had a ceremony aka a party/reception. They filled out no legal do*****ents. It was a straight stunt to make her look virginal in the public’s eyes.
Clearly that is not Daniel’s son…CLEARLY, that baby is see threw
The best advice is NOT to get pregnant when you’re a teenager! If you do; don’t listen to people like this chick because she is out of touch with the real world. I’m married and in my 30’s and it’s still not easy. I don’t know how people do it when they are still children….I guess you just do what you have to do.
i can see a book on the way…
Oh please! You had help from your superstar sister’s bank account. That’s why you’ve been able to be responsible and move to the country while your parents are “on a whole opposite part of the world”. Are u serious?!?!
Like Lavatorylady said the best advice is NOT to get pregnant when you’re a teenager. Period!! This chick wanna talk guidance and happy b/c she had a good deal. She have a supportive finacially stable family. That’s something a lot of young and older women don’t have when bringing a child into the world.
the baby looks nothing and i mean nothing like solange. daniel….yeah but even he’s not that damn light
she makes a point
she comes from money, she coulda got a nanny and be
dancing on tables at he club or at every promo
party and be another celebrity social climber, she
didnt
money may have helped but clearly she seems to do
what she gotta do
unlike Britney Spears, and she had alot of money,
all of it was hers too
so she gotta point. some people just know how to handle theirs nuff said
I cant stand those eyebrows…
Oh No she didn’t
Funny, I don’t remember her “focusing” on her son when she’s hanging with LaLa in Carmelo’s mansion smoking on the chief under J.R. the basketball player…hhhmmm somethings make me just wonder.
I can’t question her mothering skills because I am not around her & her son…But let’s be for real…She is not all that responsible. Be you and stop faking the funk this *ish* is getting old.
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Exactly. She singing about getting high and what not…posting pictures of her in a car popping bottles looking tore up…but she is so responsible. Whatever.
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Solange had to grow up fast when she got pregnant. Yeah she has the money to do what she wants to do why Bossip is clowning her for being a teen mother is just wrong…every girl is intitled to one mistake. She tried to do the right thing and marry the father of her child but that didn’t work out and at least she stil has custody of her child and he looks happy, but she’s gotten a lot wiser as well. So what if she takes some Solange time to do her everybody is entitled to a life outside of their kids, its called mommie and daddy time, meaning adult fun doesn’t mean she isn’t still grounded and knows how to handle her buisness. People can be so hypocritical! Why yall think yall parents had parties for adults only and sent yall to bed? Cuz they were sick of your A$$’s and wanted to adult time but in the morning when all was said and done, they were still your parents, parenting you to the best of their ability.
Thank you Solange’s publicist (or is that Solange herself?)
My mother left the tree smoking alone after she had kids. That’s what a responsible parent would do.
Again, Solange playing down being a teen parent acting as if it’s something cool and easy to do is not a good message to put out there. Most teen mothers, although they love their child/children, wish they would have waited until they were older, had a good job and were more mature before they had a child.
That little boy looks just like a leprechaun. And Solange has a pickle nose. Why is this news?
@Harlem Chic- What?? “young, dumb and full of come?”….. anyway, I dont think she had to experience what an average person would have had to experience as being a young teenage mother. She have privileges that’s way beyond what an average teenage mother have.
@soulwoman Thanks
SHUT UP AND SIT DOWN SOLANGE.
Bossip, please stop presenting Solange as a new “hot” story. She is not news.
I KNOW TWO MOTHERS THAT SMOKE WEED BUT NOT AROUND THEIR YUNG’UNS THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE SO THAT ISSUE TO DEAD. ANOTHER THING AS LONG AS MY TAXES DON’T GO TO SUPPORT LITTLE DANIEL ALL THESE “RICH” TEENS CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE BABIES. LET’S FOCUS ON THE ONES THAT NEED RESOURCES AND THAT ARE STRUGGLING TRYING TO MAKE IT
I can not wait until she writes a tell-all book about her parents’ favoritism towards B and how she was neglected…lol….I want a signed copy!
I wouldn’t buy her book if it was $5. Solange need to sit her ***** DOWN and continue spending her sister’s money.
CUTE BIRACIAL BABY AND SOLANGE REALLY LOOKS LIKE A RESPONSIBLE YOUNG WOMAN
IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT PAPA KNOWLES FORCED DANIEL SMITH TO MARRY HER…….NO WONDER THEY DIVORCED…YOU DON’T FORCE MARRIAGE ON YOUR DAUGHTER JUST BECAUSE SHE IS PREGNANT OR BECAUSE YOU WANNA HIDE AWAY YOUR SHAME
How many people can honestly relate to this girl? She may have great advise for the wealthy teens that got caught up, but to the majority her advise isn’t real enough to relate to. Her struggle I’m sure isn’t the same as the majority of teens or even adults with children.
Funny thing is since having Daniel she hasn’t missed a beat. I kept seeing pictures of her at various events. She hasn’t been tied down in the least. Now how many teens can do that? And where was little Daniel? Anyway she doesn’t need to speak on this subject at all.
I believe that Solange was having sex with several men( at least 2) and got pregnant but didn’t know who the father was. The real father is probably some really cute lowlife, s***** bucket, that wasn’t going to stand up and take reasonablity for his child. So they hoodwinked Daniel Sr.(or paid) into marry this girl. Daniel Sr. may have had doubts, but when the child was born that probably confirmed to him that he was not the father. I notice that even though they are divorce I have only seem one picture of him with his son. I think that the Knowles Clan knows that he is not the father but is paying him to keep his mouth shut. This is just my opinion, I have no facts to back it up, but just my opinion.
This child is soo fugly it’s sad that he hasn’t grown a bit cuter as he ages!
cns
I believe that Solange was having sex with several men( at least 2) and got pregnant but didn’t know who the father was. The real father is probably some really cute lowlife, s***** bucket, that wasn’t going to stand up and take reasonablity for his child. So they hoodwinked Daniel Sr.(or paid) into marry this girl. Daniel Sr. may have had doubts, but when the child was born that probably confirmed to him that he was not the father. I notice that even though they are divorce I have only seem one picture of him with his son. I think that the Knowles Clan knows that he is not the father but is paying him to keep his mouth shut. This is just my opinion, I have no facts to back it up, but just my opinion.
@CNS,
YOU HAVE A POINT BECAUSE IF I CAN REMEMBER FROM LOOKING AT THE PICTURE OF DANIEL SR…HE LOOKS VERY MIXED, YET WITH A TWIST OF SOME BLACKNESS IN HIM…..BUT THAT BABY LOOKS LIKE IT CAME FROM A WHITE MAN…COMMON NOW, LETS LOOKS AT THINGS CRITICALLY …..I KNOW DANIEL SR IS MIXED BUT YET, HE HAS SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF BLACK IN HIM AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT THIS BABY SHOULS HAVE HAD BUT I DOUBT IF IT IS REALLY HIS SON
I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF THE BABY’S DADDY IS A WHITE MAN BECAUSE THAT BABY AIN’T REALLY GOT BLACK IN HIM. DANIEL SR. HAS SOME BLACK IN HIM BUT THIS BABY JUST AIN’T GOT
FER BABY DADDY COULD BE A WHITE MAN ………
I JUST LOOKED AT SOLANGE’S BABY’S PICTURES AND THERE IS NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT THE BABY’S DADDY IS A WHITE MAN……
THE BABY LOOKS NOTHING LIKE DANIEL SR…..
I MEAN IT IS WHAT I AM SEEING AND THE BABY HAS NO BLACKNESS IN HIM…MEANWHILE DANIEL SR HAS SOME BLACKNESS
SOLANGE’S BABY’S FATHER IS A WHITE MAN
Lauren SAID:”That boy needs some sunlight STAT!!”
–LIKE ASAP!!!!! LOL
& I’m getting tired of her….SERIOUSLY!
I used to work at this grocery storein houston . She came over in with that bad azz baby. Both looking a mess!! He was throwing cheetoes all over the place. She tried to buy alcohol and I had to tell her no because she was underage!!
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I used to work at this grocery storein houston . She came over in with that bad azz baby. Both looking a mess!! He was throwing cheetoes all over the place. She tried to buy alcohol and I had to tell her no because she was underage!!
@BABYDOL
PLEASE SAVE YOUR PATHETIC COMMENT
Some of ya’ll need to get a life trying to be inspector gadget…black stay hatin on black
He is a beautiful little boy, black or white. After all, he is a child.
I’M SORRY BUT THAT KID’S DADDY IS A WHITE MAN
Her baby’s daddy is black. She married him right before she got pregnant and then after that she abandoned ship
bossip, is shawty payin’ yall? like for real why yall keep on postin’ her quotes on here like anyone cares what she has to say. how is she relevant?
Encyclopedia Brown
Her baby’s daddy is black. She married him right before she got pregnant and then after that she abandoned ship
NOPE THE SUPPOSED BABY DADDY IS MIXED NOT BLACK AND TO BE HONEST IF THE BABY DADDY WAS MIXED, THAT BABY SHOULD HAVE HAD A TOUCH OF SOME BLACK….BUT THAT BABY LOOKS NOTHING BLACK HENCE THE BABY’S DADDY IS “A WHITE MAN”
SOLANGE IS A GREAT MOTHER AND ITS GOOD TO SEE HER WITH HER SON AND NOT NANNYS!
YALL KILL ME WITH THE COLOR ISSUE..BLACK FOLKS COME IN ALL COLORS AND IF YOU CANT GET THAT THRU YOUR HEAD YOUR UNEXPOSED AND IGNORANT
it is hard to raise a child with or without money these days, to much going on from drugs to violence. no one is better then the next person at parenting either your child listens or they dont period
I certainly don’t condone teen pregancy but if she’s taking care of her son that’s all that really matters at this point. *****ody can re-do the past. Ain’t no reason sittin’ around talkin’ bout woulda, coulda or shoulda for that matter. You just play the cards you’re dealt & keep it moving.
OH LORD!!!!!!!!!!!
Another picture of this chick with her “The Count” lookin’ son.
Damn!!!!!!!!
BOSSIP–
We’ve seen enough pictures of this….little boy AND his MOTHER.
Please find some pictures of Halle’s baby. Or maybe even Urrrrshurrr’s.
Dang!
toomuch
That little boy looks just like a leprechaun
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SOLANGE IS A GREAT MOTHER AND ITS GOOD TO SEE HER WITH HER SON AND NOT NANNYS!
YALL KILL ME WITH THE COLOR ISSUE..BLACK FOLKS COME IN ALL COLORS AND IF YOU CANT GET THAT THRU YOUR HEAD YOUR UNEXPOSED AND IGNORANT
you are very stupidly ignorant….that child isNOT BLACK…..AND HIS FATHER IS WHITE
Black, white, biracial, interracial, multiracial—
The boy is NOT cute!
And Ima cut whoever typed he looks “see-threw”
LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Funny, when I saw the wedding pictures and I see this kid, my first thought was wow, this kid looks like neither of them, nor any of the family. She obviously had the kid so young to compensate for all the attention being thrown at her sister. I’m glad she is a good mom, but rich teenage moms shouldn’t be giving advice. They will always have help. Remember, her kid is 4 and it is a boy. Let’s talk when that boy is 10, 12, 15. Word.
Oh lord here goes this demonic looking creature again! Damn it if this kid don’t look like a possessed Ronald McDonald!!!
That song from the Omen must be this kids theme music
i am a conspirator of gossip but hey this makes more sense to say it because solange does not act like she pushed a baby from her loins there was a theory that the baby was adopted and solange is not the biological mother
that baby is adopted from her sister(beyonce) to keep a love affair private the baby looks just like justin timberlake a mirror image of him
people are so silly! Black/ mixed people come in ALL shades. Sometimes babies come out lighter or darker than both their parents! My black friend had a baby with a white father and the child looks white, I’m sure theres dumb people who dont think she can be the mother.