Exclusive: Jordin Sparks Says She and Her Son 'Sing Everything' Together: 'He's Really Enjoying That'

Jordin Sparks wants to make sure her son, Dana Jr., a.k.a. DJ, whom she shares with husband Dana Isaiah, follows his heart and passions.

"Obviously I want him to choose what he wants to do, so it's cool, and if he wants to [sing], we'll cross that bridge when we get to it. But for me, I've been able to sing my whole life. It's definitely a gift. Nobody taught me how to do it. I just know how, and to be able to have that ... you do it for other people, but you also do it for yourself. I'm just glad that he has music he can grab onto," the singer, 34, exclusively tells Morning Honey while talking about her partnership with Kidde’s Cause For Alarm™ campaign, featuring the Living Jingle, an emotional plea and call to action – directly from the voices of children who have been impacted by house fires.

"When he's sitting in his room or he's playing with his friends, he's thinking about something and he can just sing it if he wants to or he can hum it," she continues of using song to help teach her son lessons. "It's something I've used throughout my life for a lot of different reasons. When I'm mad, when I'm stressed out, when I'm nervous, it's bigger than just being able to sing a song. I guess it goes a little deeper than that, so I'm just happy he has that."

For the American Idol alum, those moments with her DJ, 6, never get old. “We sing everything. My husband is just like, ‘Be quiet!’” she quips. “We sing everything, and he just started taking piano and voice officially, so he’s really enjoying that. It’s been fun to see him kind of develop a love for it.”

Since the Sparkle star can carry and tune and loves to belt out songs, it made sense with her to partner with Kidde’s Cause For Alarm™ campaign, featuring the Living Jingle, which discusses the importance of fire safety education and parents opening conversations with their kids about fire safety.

“At this point in my family’s life, our son is 6 years old, so he’s very much in the space where he’s learning a lot and asking a lot of questions, and so now we’re trying to home in on safety — safety at school, safety when you’re at the park, when you’re at home, when you’re out with somebody else,” she shares. “When they reached out, this jingle made so much sense because I know as a musician, music is such a powerful tool to drive home a really important message. I remember so many different songs that helped me when I was younger, so I was like, ‘This is perfect.’”

“If I can lend my voice to something to make somebody go, ‘Oh, I should probably think about that or do that,’ I want to do it. It was a really yes to partner with them — and it’s something we’re doing with our son anyway. Being part of the Kidde’s Cause For Alarm™ campaign is really amazing because not only it is going to help my son, but it’s going to help us, too. My house is a little curvy — there’s a lot of different twists and turns, so now I know that I have to really sit down and make a map and make sure we know where the exits are and where we’re going to do. It’s been really beautiful.”

To help inspire people to prioritize fire safety, Kidde is launching its new “Living Jingle,” an emotional plea and call to action – directly from the voices of children who have been impacted by house fires.

The children featured in the film have detailed their deeply personal house fire survival stories in short videos available on CauseForAlarm.org. “On the website, there’s fire safety kits, examples of what to do and more. I’m grateful to be part of this campaign because it’s really important. Better safe than sorry!” Sparks concludes.