As I watched this season of Brandy and RayJ's show, Family Business I often wondered why we never saw Syrai, Brandy's daughter. Brandy recently interviewed with Parade and explained why she chose to keep her daughter away from the public.
That’s strictly because her father and I felt it was best for her to have as
much of a normal life as possible. Of course, you’ve seen her on one episode on
‘For the Love of Ray J,’ but it wasn’t every day. You didn’t see her going to
school, me combing her hair, or any aspect of our private, intimate moments,
which sort of sucks because our relationship is so beautiful. I love being a mom and I’m raising her in a different way
than how I was raised. Some things that my mom did with me, I do with my
daughter — it’s just a different dynamic. I would love for people to see how I’m
doing it because I think I could be a good example of a young, single mom.”
I can TOTALLY understand why she kept her baby away from the cameras. She's a child and honestly doesn't need to be seen in every episode of the show. I might have had her make a small cameo or something, but that's just me. There were times I had to remind myself that Brandy is a mom simply because we rarely see Syrai. Check MORE DISH to see what Brandy said about her relationship with Sy'rai.
“A lot of mothers feel like they’re the mom first,
with that authority. But for me, I’m a friend first. I believe that just being
there for my daughter as a friend more than ‘I’m in charge…’ causes her to be
more open with me as a person. That’s just what our relationship is. Of course,
there are times when I have to discipline her — I’m mom. But there’s still that
nurturing and love there that we have. I know I’ll probably get flack for being
a friend first, but it really works. She’s really honest with me. I’m just
teaching her how to trust herself. I tell her all the time that my life is not
your life — you have your own life.
“At the end of the day we’re going to be
friends. When she grows up, it’ll be about that friendship that we’ll have.
She’ll come to me for any problems that she has. If I have an authoritative wall
up, she’s going to rebel and not come to me and I don’t want that.”
I bet she's a good mommy and I for one can appreciate her keeping her baby away from all the BS that is sure to come with putting her out into the public eye. I'm not really sure how I feel about the "friend first" thing, but I can say she has a point. As long as the friend thing isn't taken too far, it sounds like it could work. What do you guys think?
