Jackson's Kids: 'We Want to Stay with Grandma'

Sources close to the Jackson family tell us Michael Jackson's three children -- Michael Joseph, Jr., Paris Michael Katherine and Prince "Blanket" Michael II -- say they want to stay with their grandparents, specifically Katherine.

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Sources say MJ's kids will continue to live with Katherine Jackson at the family's Encino home. We're told the family is 100 percent behind this -- feeling that Katherine and Joe Jackson are the only people who can help the children understand who their father was, help them grieve, and teach them to deal with life in the spotlight.

We're also told the kids are healthy but, as expected, they "miss their daddy." They have no relationship with Debbie Rowe, who is the biological mother of Michael and Paris.

All of this will be critical to the case if, as expected, Rowe fights for custody.

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496. I feel sad for the children. They just lost their father at such a young age now are placed in the custody of MJ's mother who is 79 years old. What happens to these kids when they will face the second loss in their life ? How long will the mother live for ? I only question is if fair to subject them to such huge losses at such a young age ?

Posted at 10:55PM on Jul 7th 2009 by Ange

497. Why would you think that these children will face a second loss anytime soon. Paris is 11 and will be 18 in 7 years, Katherine will be 86...Prince is 12 and will be 18 in 6 years and Katherine will be 85 and Blanket is 7 and will be 18 in 11 years, Katherine will be 89, Paris will be 22 and Prince will be 23 so Blanket will then have his adult siblings and Katherine if she is still around and lots of uncles, aunts and cousins...Figure it out folks. If Katherine was a younger 49 or 59 year old grandma she could drop dead at any given time from a stroke, heart attack or cancer so stop obsessing on age!!!!

Posted at 5:44AM on Jul 9th 2009 by Jen

498. I am no expert in family law, but I can say this with confidence, Debbi Rowe made a pact with MJ, to have these kids for MONEY, they married as a part of the agreement to give them a start because the first 5 years of a childs life is the most important she did 3 years, people need to understand this was a Business arrangement. How this plays out in a court of law is quite another thing. How do we know if Debbi Rowe wants these kids now for a financial arrangement. The other question is who is the FATHER of these kids, what if the biological father comes forward what happends then?.

Could it be later claimed that these kids are not MJ children and thus not entitled to the wealth they should get, it's one thing doing things for money, but when it affects lives, and the idea that selling kids is acceptable, this could get dirty and from that point of view I would leave those children with the family which they know that is my opinion.

Posted at 10:33AM on Jul 8th 2009 by Daphne Kenward

499. Everyone has a say, but know one is really thinking about the CHILDREN, it's all about money. The only person who really LOVE those CHILDREN to me was Micheal and their Nanny.
Their carrier will not know how to be a mother to the first two CHILDREN because she really was never in their lives, like she said in her interview, they were a GIFT for Micheal yet she got money in return. A mother don't do something like that to her Children whom she claim to Love. Wait she never said that she Love them did she? what a JOKE of a mother she would be.
In closing, an Abuse child always cling to his or her abuser. WE can only pray for Micheal's Children weather he was the sperm donor or not, HE was their DADDY, may his soul rest in peace. by a BAHAMIAN

Posted at 1:36PM on Jul 9th 2009 by tiger

500. THE PERSON WHO SAID THE JACKSONS ARE WACKO I THINK U NEED TO LOOK AT URSELF BEFORE CALLING ANYONE WACKO THE JACKSON FAMILY ARE SO SAD FOR THE LOST OF THERE SON, DADDY, BROTHER

Posted at 3:05PM on Jul 11th 2009 by lori

501. The older children really can speak for themselves, you know, as any family court is bound to ask. Simple, right?

Posted at 6:30PM on Jul 11th 2009 by lisa

502. I feel that the kids should go with Janet. She's the youngest of all the Jackson children, has no children of her own (that we know of), and it was plain to see that she's had a relationship with them just by how they clung to her during the memorial service @ the Staples Center. I feel that although she's been a good mother and grandmother, Katherine is just plain too damn old to have the responsibility of raising children who are 12, 11, and 7. Although tomorrow is not promised for any of us, the chances of Janet raising all 3 kids to adulthood is more likely than Katherine doing the same. Don't put them in the position that they'll lose another caretaker as they have their father. And the sisters are not "all wacko"! LaToya is the most outlandish one, and compaired to Micheal, she's perfectly normal.

Posted at 2:52PM on Jul 16th 2009 by TNBowens

503.
my heart goes for the kids and katherine. all of them are grieving. with the kids around, katherine's grief will lighten. the same is true with MJ's children. the jackson family are all they have. no one can love them more in the absence of their father. their uncles and aunts are very warm and supportive of them and i hope they stay with them where they belong. their loss is great and their grief is insurmountable. let us be more understanding of them by not letting them go through difficult times again. they have enough to last them a life time. TO THE JACKSON FAMILY, GOD BLESS YOU ALWAYS.

Posted at 1:55AM on Jul 17th 2009 by fina

504. Even tho someone claims that she wasn't going to sell her children& was going for spousal support AGAIN?? Wasn't that already ordered & paid for during the divorce? Only one would think so if it was court ordered ! Or ,has he been in contempt of court all this time? ~~Katherine Jackson I whole heartedly Respect what you are doing for Michael & his children ! In my opinion What kind of Mother would sell her children over & over again??? Hopefully the judge who presides over the decision of who will get the children will be you but will NOT allow you to give their birth mother Not ONE MORE RED CENT as In my opinion she took him for enough money & will see this & award any money that she may request to the children As I feel that they deserve it! Once you give in to giving her any money for the kids trust me she WILL BE BACK FOR MORE unless you right her off to a one time payment only clause so she cant say that you didn't pay her eather ! Well God Bless & May He Be On You'r Side when it comes to the children & the Money ! I am so praying for you !!!~~~~~ dnd

Posted at 1:53PM on Jul 27th 2009 by Diane G

505. The kids are not worth any money. Their father will be making millions for them the rest of their lives. Michael took care of his mother and will continue as long as she lives. Of course those children belong witht tehJackson family. They are a family. A strong family. Katherine will have lots of help and those kids will thrive.

Posted at 2:34PM on Jul 31st 2009 by Legs

506. Hey, everyone needs to lay off Joseph and katherine Jackson. I am the same age as Michael Jackson and I know for a fact that most kids got their behinds whipped good during their childhood. It was what happened in those days before the government interfered with the upbringing of kids. That is one reason why we have so much crime these days. Boys, girls are in prison or dead because they aren't properly disciplined. You can't even go to school now for fear of being killed, beat, ridiculed, or bullied. In my day if you didn't behave like you were suppose to at school, you would have to go get a switch or daddy would take off his belt and you got a real spanking when you got home. You had chores to do, and you did them. No talking back to your parents. You were told in a firm voice that this kind of misbehavior does not happen. Another thing, the Jackson kids and their parents would still be dirt poor and struggling ,maybe on welfare if it had not been for Joe Jackson. I wish I had someone who took as much interest in my career as he did his children. Just suppose we had some more Joe Jackson's in all of the ghetto and slumbs of the cities. Maybe we would have more children making a better life for themselves and less people in prisons. As for Michael Jackson, I am sorry he lost his childhood, but if he had more counseling that would have helped him a lot. Now that he is dead, it looks like idiots (whoever is guilty) would let him rest in peace.

Posted at 10:38PM on Jul 31st 2009 by Hammy

507. I do not understand y there is a debate about who gets the children if there is a written "WILL" for goodness sake isnt that what a will is for regardless of your fame n fortune or lack of? This is a crying shame regardless of who is the biological parents of the children because Michael Jackson had FULL CUSTODY so it should remain his decision of who he wanted to care for his children! This disgusts me!!!! I hope everyone will keep the family and children in their prays! God Bless The Family & Children. God Bless, Ms. Missy

Posted at 3:11PM on Aug 3rd 2009 by msmissy

508. Een though it's no one else's business, people seem to feel that they have to know this family's personal business.

What happens if you people prove these are NOT his kids.

The Jackson's should then open the doors of their home and throw the kids out, let the "real parents" take them and support them. BUT NOT with their son's money and tell everyone else to go to H****.

Posted at 9:45PM on Aug 3rd 2009 by dorisfay

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