Recently singer Usher opened up about some of his struggles as a parent. Although the singer leads a charmed life, has fame and wealth, he reveals one thing that money can’t buy. In an interview with People magazine Usher opens his oldest son’s struggle with being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes a year ago, and having to witness his son battle the disease only being 7 years old. Read the excerpt
Being diagnosed with any illness is a struggle; awareness, health changes, etc., but it’s even more difficult when you have to create these changes when you are only a child. Usher understands these difficulties as his seven-year-old son, Usher Raymond V, also known as Cinco, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.
During a chat with PEOPLE at the JDRF‘s Promise Ball, which raises awareness and money for research and a cure, Usher opens up about his son’s type 1 diabetes diagnosis one year ago.
“A child that every day has to prick himself and has to be cautious of what he eats and also to carry this disorder around — that really is the type of bravery that we all aspire to have,” says the R&B crooner.
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Usher says, while it is a huge change for his son, it is just as much as a trying change for him as well, as a father.
“There’s been some difficult moments. I have a great deal of understanding of what people have to deal with. It’s personal,” he says. “I want to be supportive not only as someone who’s vying for a cure, but also as a father who has a child who’s experienced a lot of highs and lows.”
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