Atlanta judge slams Allen Iverson's parenting skills
Allen Iverson wasn't the best dad, according to custody agreement.
Atlanta judge slams Allen Iverson's parenting skills
Molly Eichel, Daily News Staff Writer
Philadelphia 76ers Allen Iverson heads back downcourt after the Sixers were called for an offensive foul on the New York Knicks during the fourth quarter in NBA basketball action Friday, March 31, 2006, at Madison Square Garden in New York. The Sixers won, 117-112. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
An Atlanta judge put Allen Iverson in time out for his subpar parenting skills. Former Sixers great Iverson officially split from Tawanna Iverson a couple weeks ago, but TMZ has details on Iverson's custody agreement and the judge doesn't mince words when it comes to Iverson's parental history.
[Iverson] does not know how to manage the children; has little interest in learning to manage the children and has actually, at times, been a hindrance to their spiritual and emotional growth and development.
For example, he has refused to attend to an obvious and serious alcohol problem, which has caused him to do inappropriate things in the presence of the children while impaired. He has left the children alone without supervision.
He has left his young daughters in a hotel room with men who are unknown to the mother.
Tawanna has full custody of the kiddies, while Iverson has visitation rights, although he has to abide by strict rules, including abstaining for alochol for 18 months (after the period is over, he can't drink for 24 hours of seeing his kids), attending AA meetings and seeing a shrink.
Tawanna and Allen have five children together and had been married since 2001.
Recently, Iverson has sought to rejoin the Sixers, but Bob Cooney thinks that Iverson should keep his memory intact, but remaining a memory.
Comments (59)
Did you really think he would have any social skills, did people not see his ghetto mother at the games. Your standard no father lots of kids with different men ghetto mom. Money does not give you social skills. TaDa!
— cuch- Did he learn how to speak the English Language yet ???— Vom Brunhaus
- A hinderance to their "spiritual" growth? Yep, sounds like the south alright. Yeeee-hawww! S'cuse me while I go fer a dip in the cee-ment pond, y'all.— Jabey
- Judge wants me to practice better parenting skills? Practice? We talkin bout practice.— EagleEye61
- Makes my stomach churn the way Americans have sunk so low that this poor excuse for a man is even given exposure in the Inquirer. God help us.— jerseyguy242
- Just a typical ghetto thug that happened to be able to throw a ball through a hoop better than most. Now that those days are over he most likely will end up in jail or dead.— Larry Cheswald
- So what's new here? Iverson never had a real home life himself. His Mother was not much older than he, and from what I understand, her parental skills left a lot to be desired. Where Allen's Daddy? His Mother may not know either, in fact she may not be sure who Allen's Daddy is.— Anne Arkey
- seems his parenting skills are right on par with his money managing skills.— cindym507
- Did Tawanna tell you that?— LumpDog
LeSean and A.LIE. are graduates of Shawn Kemp University (San Quentin Campus)- A.LIE, "God what can I do to make it right?" God, "Go back to Richmond and finish your time for your hate crime at the bowling alley!"
- Perfect former Sicker to bring back - if only A-LIE was related to Andy Reid he could be the Eagles new conditioning coach!
- I read an article which claimed some sort of trust ( $32M) had been setup for Iverson during his playing days and basically, he was limited to withdrawing $1M per year from that setup. Even figuring current very low interest rates and then high income tax bracket rates, compounding should allow for that fund to be there for a very long time.
But maybe AI's lawyers/agents found a way around that and he's already run through the money, or maybe Tawanna figures he will find a way to get to it, so she's settling for $3M now.
I've posted before that it's going to end badly for AI: financial problems, troubles with the IRS, no place for him to work,etc. At some point, he'll take on the victim role and blame everyone else. I agree with a couple of other posters re: his background and lack of parental role models (which includes his mother)...but at some point, you need to man-up and do it for your kids/family. Keep making excuses for people in similar situations and you become an enabler for their behavior.— Polecat_39 - Where are all the homeys supporting ai on this page...what a shame that the skunks aren't here today. There is a word that I was taught that still applies to ai and his crew...typical....learn it, know it and recognize it— Friend to All
- THE JUDGE SAYS YOU NEED 2 PRACTICE BEING A BETTER PARENT, AND WE ALL KNOW WHAT IVERSON DID IN FRON OF THE JUDGE BANGING THE HAMMER, PRACICE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE— PHILLIES & GMAN FAN 4 LIFE
- When he was making billions of dollars for the NBA in tickets sales and merchandise they tolerated his behavior. That was the time the league should have sat him down and set some guidelines. He was exploited and used from the first time he bounced a basketball. he was told he was a star from the age of 10 years old and he never had to grow-up. now because he never learned proper decision making skills he's criticizes and laughed at.How many of you could come from his background, born in the projects, single mother, thrown in jail, placed on Georgetown univ, drafted number #1, given millions of dollars and succeed all at the age of 21— southside24
- southside...All you seem to mention is excuses as to why he can't be a "responsible" adult. — jerryk2b
- I know this guy is a bad father. Maybe it's the example that his father set for him that he is following. Opps, his dad wasn't around; didn't provide for the family; nowhere to be found. So here you have a guy that grew up in the streets, barely a parent around, and you expect him to be the model of parenting. Are people really that stupid. He doesn't know how to be a good father and that's not surprising. The fact that people think he would be is more surprising to me. And I don't care how many parenting classes you take, that's not going to make you a real parent. What this guy needs is to learn how to be a functioning adult; something that giving you millions of dollars doesn't do. Maybe he needs better people around him or maybe he just needs to set up his alimony and child support; but what he doesn't need is a bunch of people trying to judge him when their lives are all together.— rwmsjr
- Don't worry, AI somehow spent it all, or close to it. Could he have actually gone thru $500m? Sure looks that way. Believe Yawanna managed to stash a few mill along the way.— PhillySubsMac
- What does that say about his wife, after years of the drama she is still with a loser. lol— Gattacca
- What does that say about his wife, after years of the drama she is still with a loser. lol— Gattacca
- "Parenting? We talkin' about parenting, man"— richojr
- In other words, Allen Iverson is a moron. Is there something here we didn't already know?— JohnnyL
- did Tawanna tell you dat?
KING~out
P.S. the guy that compared Desean Jackson to AI is an idiot. There's no comparison at all. Desean, although may be immature and stubborn, has NEVER done the things me, myself and Iverson has done. Desean gives of his time endlessly to battle bullying and provide hope to so many hopeless. Use the comments section to take any and all necessary shots, just know what you are talking about.
— thee~KING - How long before we see Iverson selling roses on the bridge ramp where you come off 95 going to the stadiums?— joeygolf
- It's the tatoos! Must be affecting his brain!— procol33
- quigy6 No way is DeShean Jackson like AI. DeShean still lives at home with his mom in Moorestown!!! Now if your talking about McCoy then ur in the ballpark.— mainstreet
- He was popular because he embodied the neighborhood bad guy, bad parent, bad husband, bad drinker, bad role model, bad tipper, ungrateful bad apple MAKING IT! If he can make it, than any derelict can!— Yankel
- This guy reminds me of Deshawn Jackson!— quigly46
- HCk, we would have read about him in the "police blotter"— Souperdad
- Let's be honest. More than likely this isn't going to have a happy ending. He didn't want to take responsibility in his twenties. He doesn't want to do it now. If he wasn't a talented basketball player he'd be someone that we never heard of.— Hack Wilson
- Obviously he didn't have enough parenting "practice"!— dogman5
- Iverson is a very poor excuse for a son, father, husband or even a human being!— oneway
- Just keppin it real just keppin it real.— MWW-54
- Dirtbag thug. Is, always was and will be.— blipster
- Well, duh! Iverson has poor parenting skills? What actual skills does he have, besides (formerly) breaking down his man on the basketball court? He wasn't even a good shooter. He certainly has no life skills. He'll be living on a steam grate soon.— Bartleby
- Did Tawanna tell you that?— MD20202020
- Just shocked to learn this. LOL— Ben Fan
- Expect to see "The Allen Iverson Story" on the ESPN show 30 for 30 Broke.— Sportyrider71
- Nice Going AI! Did you finally give your Posse,hanger ons, ETC a job watching your kids. What a dope!
— TS1958 - Yuk! Didnt realize AI was a serious alcoholic.. I knew he was a man-child but..— Dutch10
- What a shocker— 19147
Iverson earned over $154 Million dollars just from basketball. Hard to believe one man can waste that much money, but he seems to have accomplished that task. A $3 Million dollar divorce is cheap.— The Monk- When will Allen Iverson grow up?— nikki1231
- This is very surprising, particularly in light of his ability to put a basketball through a metal rim.— Konstanty
- This isn't going to end well.— guitarman
- Unfortunatly, you don't have to be mature to father a child. Children having children is a never ending cycle. Iverson's mother gave birth at age 15 and his father was never in the picture. You do, what you know! You reap what you sow!— tlee
- Tawanna settled for $3,000,000? Iverson was making over $20,000,000 a year. How can you spend that much money? You can take them out of the ghetto but you can't take the ghetto out of them. Gotta spend every last dollar!!— mainstreet
- Georgetown Pedigree?...U think this dope ever attended 1 class? Not many on the Georgetown basketball team ever do..I don't think they teach Y'all at Georgetown:)— mainstreet
- Considering his fine Georgetown pedigree, I expected better.— Souperdad
- A selfish man-child always.— joedog
- Nothing surprising here. He isn't someone who is going to split the atom.— Handsome B. Wonderful
- Babies are just chattel. And soon what's left of the American taxpayer will be supporting, feeding and housing his kids.— epicurien
- Maybe AI and Shady McCoy can carpool to baby daddy classes together.— TomM
- He has the same attitude toward parenting as he does toward practice. The guy is a stone cold disgrace.— kelprod2-freemarket
- this guy is garbage.— seanmike
- It is never to late to become a real man.— camasbud
- wishful thinking camasbud and i cant fault you for such hope, but when the extent of his money problems were revealed late fall, i became thoroughly convinced that his story will end sadly. unless he rectifies his many faults, his downward spiral will inevitably land him in trouble with people you dont want to fall into trouble with. hopefully, he doesnt travel the dead-end path of hector camacho! — theeducator
- "although he has to abide by strict rules, including abstaining for alochol for 18 months (after the period is over, he can't drink for 24 hours of seeing his kids), attending AA meetings and seeing a shrink." Yeah right. And Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are proud, card carrying members of the NRA.— fightins4ever
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