NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal recently gave his take on parenthood. The Big Aristotle talked about his parents’ tough circumstances while raising him. Furthermore, he reveals his way of parenting in a podcast episode. Shaq opened up about his family issues in the latest episode of 2 lies and 1 truth. The episode was released on October 28, 2022.

Shaquille O’Neal has always given the credit for his success to his parents. While Shaq’s biological father remained out of the picture, his stepfather raised Shaq as his own son. Both Shaq’s mother and father brought up Shaq with discipline and strict beliefs. O’Neal and his mother have gone a fair share of difficulties in the Big Diesel’s early years, given that Lucille O’Neal was a single mother at the time.

Shaq’s mother is his greatest strength and the only one who has kept him grounded all these years. The four-time NBA champion once said that his mother is the reason he worked so hard because he didn’t want her to lose the house he gifted her.

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During a recent appearance, the host of 2 lies and 1 truth podcast asked Shaq if raising six kids was easy for him or having just one child was easier. O’Neal replied that raising children never gets easy. However, being a millionaire helped him out a lot. But his mother wasn’t so lucky.

Shaquille O’Neal talks about his mother’s parenting skills

Halfway through the chat session, the host asked Shaquille O’Neal if he had some kind of strategy that he used when he would take all of his kids for vacation. Shaq called it an unfair question and explained that he only needed to make sure that everyone was doing fine. The rest of the job would be done by the nannies. However, he said that while it was easy for him, thanks to the nannies, his parents couldn’t afford such help while raising him and his sister.

“It was hard for my parents. They didn’t really have those resources like, you know, ‘Stay your b*tt over here’ and be over there. Like, you know, one time, me and my sister started walking and panic sets in. I see my mom and dad running, ‘Didn’t I tell you to stay over there with us!'” the Los Angeles Lakers star said. Furthermore, Shaq said that parenting is not hard but it is challenging.

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