That being said, Michael continued, “then there are occasions I’ve looked back, and I feel with a purpose to have the life that I have been in a position to provide and provides them, I needed to sacrifice a variety of things.”
Michael Jr. and Tanita eventually moved back to the U.S. and attended highschool of their father’s native Houston, in keeping with People, then studied psychology and art, respectively, in college.
Tanita is “type of like me within the sense that she has a really strong personality, but a silent strong personality,” Michael told Recent York Family in 2012. “She’s not going to be one to walk right into a room and make all of it about her. She definitely has an opinion and she or he’s very smart and she or he knows what she wants, which I really like about her.”
He called Michael Jr. a “very smart” and “very particular young man.”
Ultimately, Michael said, “I actually have great kids, and so they’re not the sort who have a look at my life and say ‘Daddy’s this’ and ‘Daddy’s that.’ My kids are inquisitive about making their very own way. They’ve their very own personalities and do their very own thing. I’m glad to see that.”