Michael Jackson is among the many people who had a hard childhood, reflecting on their whole life. His life went through the prism of the child inside him, something so lovely and scary: he was misunderstood by the people around him. It happened just because he was different than the commonly accepted. To me, Michael became a victim of his childhood or more precisely, the absence of such. When he grew up physically (and financially), he had the opportunity to make up for what he missed. Yet, people could not accept him – they were blaming him for beings strange and threw accusations for things they couldn't understand.
Childhood is considered to be a key moment in the development of a healthy individual: a major period of personality formation, the development of inferiority complexes, fears, views of life, behavioural models, etc. Each stage of childhood corresponds to the formation of a new psychological trait so that individuals can develop further in a healthy manner. This trait cannot grow by itself: parents and related adults should participate and direct the child in the right direction. Whether the persons are able to trust other people in their life, whether they are guilt-ridden, preventing them to show initiative in their life ahead, whether they develop healthy identity and self-evaluation, which helps them deal with life events and challenges – everything depends on the upbringing of the child since birth.
The childhood of Michael Jackson was far from normal but what it was, determined the rest of his life. Something was taken away from him - other grew on its place. The question is – did Michael deal with the consequences successfully afterwards? He was the only person who could answer, and we can only guess what the truth was. Yet, he was fighting the consequences – he wanted to give children everything that was absent from his early life. The love that he missed gushed out and he was constantly giving love. Unfortunately, he was misunderstood till the end of his life. That's what killed him.
Childhood is extremely important for every human being, and this radiant child – Michael was constantly ridiculed by the people who were expected to give love and whom he loved: brothers, sisters, and even strangers were mocking his appearance. This is the key to the explanation of Michael's soul who – through music and Neverland – wanted to offer everything he missed to the thousands of children. Look at the texts of his songs. Neverland and everything inside is related to games and children: he invites them for free while the maintenance probably costs millions of dollars per month. He compares himself to Peter Pan... In addition, he was bullied by his father – place yourself in his shoes – if you were bullied, would you like to forget and leave it behind or you will start bullying children?! The accusations against him are ridiculous. Nobody realized that such a good-hearted shiny person was incapable of committing all hideous acts that were attributed to him by thousands of envious people. No one tried to understand the complex and beautiful essence of a genius.
Better not blur the vision with celebrity dust. Jackson had a dark side without being all negative. His dark side included parties with children, hugging, and taking pictures with them. Because this is America and everyone wants to earn money – claims were filed by countless mothers and fathers. They were as if unaware where they sent their children for the night. One way or another, sexual connotations remain a dark spot – they were never proven or categorically refuted. This will always stay on the Jacko planet. Now, some people see only that in Jackson. Mrs von Ebner-Eshenbach made a statement, suiting our character well: “Some people are born to only peer and nibble. They see just the heel in Achilles” Many people see only the scandals and identify Jackson with them.
I am persistent in claiming that Michael was too pure and innocent. He saw the world in a different way – without masks and hypocrisy....He failed to grow up, avoiding dirt and commonplaceness. For this reason, he was hurt and suffered – he – a pure person who only wanted to give love and joy, got spite and envy in return.
I feel sad upon remembering what he went through. Some complex-ridden individuals did not put up with his success while people around him tried to derive personal benefits.
"I believe I’m one of the loneliest people in the world." – wrote Michael in his book Moonwalk. I feel pain while reading his words, wandering why good-hearted people should suffer so much for the spite of others. I can't stop thinking of his interview with Oprah when he told that his father was insulting and beating him. He cried and suffered after such events.
Then – there was a park close to the studio where he used to rehearse in his young years. He wanted to play with the children who were visible from a distance....
With regard to his children, I get angry about all speculations on whether he is their biological father. I don't see why this matters at all – he loved them and took care of them. I am certain that he was a wonderful father. Given his father's treatment, this elevates him even more in my mind. Michael felt the necessity of becoming the father he never had. He loved his children and spent considerable time with them. He did his best to make them feel happy. Unfortunately, he didn`t foresee that what he did (the medications), will end his life while they will still need him.
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