In my first paragraph I will talk about what his childhood was like as he was growing up. Lebron was born on December 30, 1984, in Ohio. His mother, Gloria James raised him from a baby to the young age of sixteen. His birth father was an ex prisoner who ran out on the family because he was not interested in having a child. Lebron still goes by his mom 's last name (James). He had a tough childhood growing up with very little support. His mother had many personal problems while raising Lebron. Some of these problems were brought from her mother 's death. His mother could never keep a job long so they moved from apartment to apartment. Even with his mother 's struggles she worked hard to keep Lebron from being in poverty, violence and the