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{"id":183266,"date":"2015-05-29T08:29:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-29T13:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bckonline.com\/?p=183266"},"modified":"2015-05-29T08:29:28","modified_gmt":"2015-05-29T13:29:28","slug":"monica-family-is-a-priority-for-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bckonline.com\/2015\/05\/29\/monica-family-is-a-priority-for-me\/","title":{"rendered":"MONICA: &#8216;FAMILY IS A PRIORITY FOR ME&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bckonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Brown-15.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-183332\" src=\"https:\/\/bckonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Brown-15.jpg\" alt=\"Brown\" width=\"540\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bckonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Brown-15.jpg 540w, https:\/\/bckonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Brown-15-300x217.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Family means everything to Monica Brown, thanks to her mom, Marilyn Best, who instilled the importance of relationship in her daughter at a young age.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Family is a priority for me,&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/celebritybabies.people.com\/2015\/05\/22\/monica-brown-protected-childhood-mother-marilyn-best\/#more-222469\" target=\"_blank\">says<\/a> Monica. &#8220;[My mom] instilled certain morals and values, and she said, &#8216;Regardless of where you go, take you with you wherever you go. Whatever you&#8217;re around, whatever you see, never allow it to play a part in who you become.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Brown has taken those life lessons to heart and used them when rearing her children. &#8220;My mom was very cautious with who was around us, and for that reason I think we were really protected in a good way,&#8221; says the singer. &#8220;A lot of the things that I didn\u2019t understand, I understand now [as a mom].&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Although Monica, being the celebrity that she is, travels often with the kids, Marilyn makes sure to spend quality time with her daughter and grandchildren. &#8220;When she\u2019s on the road a lot, we may have to travel to see her, but we make sure we always keep that connection,&#8221; says Marilyn.<\/p>\n<p>Monica and Shannon Brown have one child, Laiyah, together. 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