Reba McEntire makes very surprising confession about her son Shelby

Reba McEntire, a well-known musician and actress, is admired for her down-to-earth demeanor.

This mindset was created to sell CDs rather than to reflect her country culture.

She made a rare confession about family life in a recent interview, and her country lifestyle would also have a huge impact on how she raised her one and only child.

Reba is one of those rare musical treasures because she is so sincere and laid-back. The 67-year-old music superstar grew up on a ranch in Chockie, Oklahoma, and is unapologetically country.

When she wasn’t in school, she was in a family band and helped with the livestock. Reba was a big fan of barrel racing, and both her father and grandfather were rodeo winners.

Reba’s upbringing in the country was responsible for many of the values she carried with her throughout her life.

“Mama and Daddy always said to me, ‘If you tell somebody you’re going to be somewhere at a certain time, you show up,” she told the newspaper.

“That’s the way I was raised.”

She had only recently given birth to her son Shelby in 1990 and was already well-known. Despite having a famous mother, she was aware that she would need to be cautious in order to properly raise him.

Reba had to make several difficult decisions while raising Shelby, but she stayed loyal to her ideals.

“When we would play games or cards, I’d never let Shelby win,” she went on to say.

“He’d have learned nothing that way.” ‘I’ll always love you, but I want other people to like you,’ I always told Shelby. So don’t be such a jerk. ‘Don’t be a spoiled brat,’ she says.

Shelby, who is now a race car driver, was raised to accept others and understand that no one is superior to another by the GRAMMY Award-winning singer and her ex-husband, Narvel Blackstock.

“A lot of people have told me you would never know (he) had been blessed with the life he was given,” she went on to say.

McEntire has also admitted that she was a little more narcissistic before having her kid. She attempted to spend as much time as she could with him.

“I had the best nannies, and I took him on the road with me,” she went on to say. “When I couldn’t, I’d fly home after a concert, wake him up, take him to school, and pick him up.” We’d play till I had to fly out again that night for a show. I really wanted to be with Shelby. “I still do.”

The country music star has previously spoken out about her son’s ADHD. He could barely get through a book when he was younger; now in his 30s, he reads voraciously.

”He’s always trying to improve and do better. His daddy did a great job too. Shelby is a gift from God to me. We’re very close. I was a very self-centered person to a degree before Shelby. But then there’s a little character who you are given the job to protect and nurture and love and teach, so all the attention’s not on you anymore.”

Reba is always happy for her son, and she was especially happy for him when he recently wed his future wife Marissa. The couple wed at Walt Disney World, and the ceremony had a fairytale-like feel about it.