Like You Do
Nate Watson was 16 when he became a father. He decided not to take the easy—and usual—way out:
‘Watson felt too young to be a father. But he saw plenty of young men around his neighborhood and in school who had children but didn’t care for them. Being that sort of “deadbeat dadâ€?—a term that spews from Watson’s mouth with disdain—was the last thing he wanted to be.
…“It was like I’d won the lottery,â€? Watson, now 18, said of his first days as a father. “You just can’t stop smiling. It was a responsibility I needed to take care of. I had to make sure, over everything there is, I have to be there for my daughter.â€?
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Quad-City Times
As encouraging as this story is, it’s also a shame that fathers have done so poorly that we’re praising men for doing what they’re supposed to. Of course, a sixteen-year-old young man out-manning someone ten years older is certainly something to celebrate.
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