"Magic Mike" actor Channing Tatum said if his daughter was born with a learning disability, he would not medically treat it according to Us Weekly.
The actor reportedly admits to being medically treated for his learning disability and found it unnecessary.
"I'd never do it to my child," Tatum said.
Channing and his wife, Devan, welcomed a healthy baby girl, Everly, in London May 30. She's the first child for the couple who have been married since 2009.
"I truly believe some people need medication. I did not. I did better at school when I was on it, but it made me a zombie," he said. "You become obsessive. The more you do, the less it works. For a time, it would work well. Then it worked less and my pain was more. I would go through wild bouts of depression, horrible comedowns."
Tatum's learning disability makes reading a harder task for him. Although he can read well, it takes him longer than the average person to get through text. The new father spoke of taking on parenting from a perspective outside of his father's antics, who stressed education on the star, and the typical "'I don't want you do make the same mistakes' mentality."
"I don't know anyone who did have perfect parents," Tatum said in an interview with Vanity Fair. "It's provided me with lessons I'll try to improve upon when I'm up to bat. I'm just going to be a good friend to my kid.
"My dad didn't have much money growing up; he didn't have much of an education. He forced that on me, and I didn't want it," he said.
Tatum is currently in London with wife Jenna and daughter Everly. The new father is filming for his upcoming movie "Jupiter Ascending."
