Michaels only daughter, Paris, made a statement of her own and dazzled in a copper-colored dress.

Growing up, it was about earning stuff.

Its earning it, not just being entitled to certain things or thinking, Oh, I got this.

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Its like working for it, working hard for it its, its something else entirely.

Paris once spoke about how people see her late father in her.

He is my father, she wasquotedsaying in a Rolling Stone interview in 2017.

Michael Jackson’s Three Children Shine Together In Rare Public Appearance To Honor Father’s Memory

He will always be my father.

Pop legend Michael said he felt blessed after he welcomed his first child, Prince, in 1997.

I grew up in a fish bowl and will not allow the to happen to my child.

Michael Jackson’s Three Children Shine Together In Rare Public Appearance To Honor Father’s Memory

just respect our wishes and give my son his privacy, the Black or White singer said.

But there are also challenges in their lives.

So what if they grow older and resent me, and how my choices impacted their youth?

Michael Jackson’s Three Children Shine Together In Rare Public Appearance To Honor Father’s Memory

I love and adore my children.

They mean everything to me, he said.

When theyre in public, though, I conceal their faces, cause I want my children protected.

They run around, they even go to school.

Its a normal life for them.

But in public, I must protect them.

I love my children very much, and Im proud to be their dad.