 Ne-Yo has blasted parents who support their children changing gender at a young age. The 43-year-old Miss Independent singer said he doesn't understand mothers and fathers who allow their kids to make such 'life-changing' decisions and accused them of having 'forgotten what the role of parent is'. Ne-Yo – real name Shaffer Chimere Smith – shares Madilyn, 12, and Mason, 11, with former fiancée Monyetta Shaw. He also has Shaffer Jr., seven, Roman, five, and Isabella, two, with ex-wife Crystal Renay and Braiden, two, and Brixton, six months, with ex-girlfriend Sade Jenea. Speaking to Gloria Velez for VladTV, he said: 'I feel like the parents have almost forgotten what the role of a parent is.' The hitmaker went on: 'If your little boy comes up to you and says, 'Daddy I wanna be a girl,' you just let him rock with that?' The star said: 'I feel like the parents have almost forgotten what the role of a parent is' (Picture: Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock) 'Where did he get that?' queried Ne-Yo, adding: 'If you let this five-year-old little boy eat candy all day, he's gonna do that. 'Like, when did it become a good idea to let a five-year-old, a six-year-old, a 12-year-old, make a life-changing decision? When did that happen? Like, I don't understand that.' Ne-Yo insisted children should be encouraged to go against stereotypes, but that doesn't mean they need to change gender. He said: 'I can't take credit for it, but I heard somebody say one time, if your son comes to you and says, 'Daddy, I want to be a girl,' ask your son, 'Son, what is a girl?' What is he gonna do? He might want to play with dolls. Ne-Yo is a doting dad to seven kids (Picture: Mike Marsland/WireImage) 'All right, you want to play with dolls. Play with dolls. But you're a boy playing with dolls.' The dad-of-seven went on: ''I want to wear pink.' Cool, wear pink, but you're a boy wearing pink.' Ne-Yo declared){kind=link}
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Ne-Yo has blasted parents who support their children changing gender at a young age.
The 43-year-old Miss Independent singer said he doesn’t understand mothers and fathers who allow their kids to make such ‘life-changing’ decisions and accused them of having ‘forgotten what the role of parent is’.
Ne-Yo – real name Shaffer Chimere Smith – shares Madilyn, 12, and Mason, 11, with former fiancee Monyetta Shaw.
He also has Shaffer Jr., seven, Roman, five, and Isabella, two, with ex-wife Crystal Renay and Braiden, two, and Brixton, six months, with ex-girlfriend Sade Jenea.