Dwyane Wade Opens Up About How Zaya Helped Him Grow: I Was 'Closed-Minded on a Lot of Things'

'I've learned to keep my mind open, keep my eyes open, keep my heart open, keep my thoughts open,' Dwyane Wade said

The former Miami Heat superstar, 38, is continuing to speak out about how much his 12-year-old child“For me, it’s always about being able to adapt and being able to learn, and always being able to grow,” Wade told. “I think coming from the inner city of Chicago early on, I was kind of closed-minded on a lot of things.”, meeting people, going to different places, I’ve learned to keep my mind open, keep my eyes open, keep my heart open, keep my thoughts open.

While they’re “not the only family who deals with” the topics they’ve spoken openly about in the past , Wade said that he and his actress wife, 47, are in a unique position to leverage “the platform that God gave” them, to lead by example. “We’re not the only family that’s had to deal with gender expression, gender identity, sexuality, with their child,” he told . “We understand the position we’ve been put in, especially in our community, and even though it’s not always a popular thing to speak out on issues that people areNever miss a story — sign up for

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