Both Will Smith and his family have always been the center of attraction for controversies in the industry. Even before the Men in Black actor’s Oscar fiasco, the Smith family has always been a lightning rod for drama and one of the main factors was their kids. Considering that both Jaden and Willow Smith were shoved into the Entertainment Industry at a very young age, it might didn’t had the greatest impact on them.
Not long after they garnered mainstream attention, both of Will Smith’s kids became a laughing stock on the Internet through their illogical and bizarre statements. And one of these claims involved them explaining why babies are smarter than adults.
Jaden and Willow Smith once explained why babies are smarter than adults
After garnering early success from his role in the critically acclaimed The Pursuit of Happyness and The Karate Kid, Jaden Smith soon garnered heat during his teenage years but not for the right reasons. The Karate Kid star, who later shifted from the world of acting, soon started to share his unusual wisdom on different aspects of life and also claimed that Kids are smarter than adults.
Following his interview with The New York Times, where the Karate Kid Star tuned alongside his sister Willow Smith, they went on to explain why Kids are much smarter when they are born. Willow Smith stated,
“When they’re in the stomach, [babies are] so aware, putting all their bones together, putting all their ligaments together. But they’re shocked by this harsh world… As they grow up, they start losing”
To which Jaden Smith agreed and said,
“Exactly. Because your mind has a duality to it. So when one thought goes into your mind, it’s not just one thought, it has to bounce off both hemispheres of the brain.’ Yeah, Jaden! Exactly how we feel, too!”
However, it wasn’t the only time when The Karate Kid star made this bizarre claim, as he once stated that newborns would have been the most intelligent beings on Earth if they could speak.
Will Smith’s kids weren’t the biggest fans of traditional education systems
Will Smith’s kids’ bizarre statements of babies being smarter than adults can be tied back to their hatred for the traditional education system. As the two seem to believe that going to school diminishes one’s intelligence. The Karate Kid star also didn’t back away from sharing his distaste for the concept of School on various occasions. The actor once explained the situation by stating,
“School is not authentic because it ends. It’s not true, it’s not real. Our learning will never end. The school that we go to every single morning, we will continue to go to. Kids who go to normal school are so teenagery, so angsty.”
Despite their bizarre statements over the years, they have been able to find their footing in the realm of music. And Jaden Smith also went on to receive a Grammy Award for Album of the year nomination, as he was one of the featured artists in Justice Bieber’s album Justice.
