Jimmie Allen is reflecting on the deep impact fatherhood has had on his life.
The singer recently took part in the Dove Men+Care campaign Celebrate Black Dads. The singer posted a beautiful photo on Instagram holding his 7-year-old son, Aadyn, and 8-month-old daughter, Zara, in his arms as part of Dove’s campaign to “change how we see Black fatherhood.”
The message is personal for the hit country singer, as he is now a father of three children and was raised by a strong family unit that included his mother, late father, grandmother and six siblings in Delaware.
“Being a father is something I take seriously. Fatherhood is a privilege, but it’s also an obligation to instill values to the next generation. We laugh and we joke, but I try to teach them lessons, too,” Jimmie told Women’s Wear Daily. “Sometimes I find things that I was taught as a kid come rumbling back. But that’s good, it’s like loading a tool kit for them for the future.”
Among the valuable lessons he learned from his family that he’s passing on to his kids is to “work hard and be a good person.”
“I want to work with people with a positive message,” Jimmie adds of why he wanted to join Dove’s campaign. “What they’re doing is great because they’re changing the narrative on Black fathers and men’s hygiene at the same time.”
Jimmie and his wife, Alexis, are also parents to 2-year-old daughter Naomi.
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