You wouldn't wish it on your children

Former Monaco, Arsenal and Barcelona striker Thierry Henry shared his childhood memories. He stated that he would not wish such a childhood on his children, but emphasized that he himself would be ready to go through this experience again. Henri previously said there were gangs, drugs and fights in his area.

“I would be willing to go through it again, even though it was very difficult. I can't even compare the streets I grew up on to what we have now. I did everything to prevent my children from growing up on such streets. I wouldn't want them to go through all this. It's kind of a cliché to say that you don't really want to grow up there.

But for me, I would repeat this experience again because it helped me understand many things. Acceptance, life with other castes of people, survival in any conditions. Even in my class at school there were Senegalese, Malian, Caribbean, North African, Asian, Italian, Polish and Portuguese kids. It turns out that I was traveling without traveling. It's like I've traveled the whole world, staying in the same place.

Such childhood gives an understanding of how the world works,” said Henri

from: Championat.com