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Thomas Rhett Opens Up About Raising A Black Daughter In A Family That ‘Looks A Lot Different’
Sep 24, 2020
Thomas Rhett and Lauren Akins believe in raising their daughters to embrace who they are.
For 4-year-old Willa Gray, that means something different than her sisters.
Thomas and Lauren adopted Willa from Uganda in 2017. It was just months before they’d welcome their first biological child, Ada James. Earlier this year, the couple welcomed another daughter , Lennon Love.
Though the kids are still young, Thomas and Lauren have already started “open conversations” about their similarities and differences.
“Willa Gray is one of the smartest that I’ve ever met,” Thomas gushed to Entertainment Tonight .
“She is so smart. Even when she comes from school, her teachers… the main thing they’re saying is how intuitive she is and how much she recognizes at a young age.”
One of those things she’s recognizes is that her family “looks a lot different” than others.
“I think me and Lauren’s main thing we want to get across is how proud we are and that we want her to grow up proud of herself and of her family … and to embrace who you are and to embrace your uniqueness and embrace your culture as well. That’s something we want to educate her on as long as she’s still in our household and even beyond that.”
With all the racial divide in this country, Thomas admits it’s been “hard to watch the news.”
“We just try to preach to our kids to shine your light everywhere you go and realize that the world is cruel, but that doesn’t mean that you have to be,” he shared.
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