Entertainer Nick Cannon says he doesn’t believe in the term "co-parenting."
Cannon, who has 12 children with six different women, confessed his feelings during an episode of his podcast Nick Cannon @ Night, as reported by PEOPLE. A listener asked, "Curious to hear Nick's perspective on managing multiple co-parenting relationships while dating. It's a unique situation that could offer some real insights for blended families.”
Cannon replied that he doesn’t believe in the term “co-parenting.” Rather, he would just like to call it “parenting.”
"When you start throwing labels on things, I think it does more harm than help and can get very dangerous. Because then everybody else has a preconceived notion of what you're doing," Cannon explained.
"I haven't figured it out yet. I haven't gotten it all the way right," he continued.
"But also to your point, if I just step into every situation with respect and compassion, and individuality. That's the other thing I always do with anyone I'm involved with in my life,” he added.
Cannon believes that each of his relationships with his children’s mothers should be respected and cared for individually. Grouping them together isn’t something he’s keen on doing.
“I don’t bunch them together,” said the entertainer. “I really try my hardest not to be like, ‘Oh yeah, my baby mamas.’”
“Unless I’m telling a joke or something like that, but no one wants to be grouped into anything,” Cannon concluded. “Everyone wants to be treated like an individual with respect and compassion.”
Since 2011, Cannon has become a father to 12 kids by six different women: Monroe and Moroccan (Mariah Carey), Golden Sagon, Powerful Queen, and Rise Messiah (Brittany Bell), Zion Mixolydian, Zillion Heir, and Beautiful Zeppelin (Abby De La Rosa), Legendary Love (Bre Tiesi), Zen (deceased) and Halo Marie (Alyssa Scott) and Onyx Ice Cole (La Nisha Cole).