It was a different time, but I learned from the best.
“Father” doesn’t come with a clear and concise job description. The major and minor responsibilities of fatherhood vary depending upon family circumstances. But “Father’s Day ” will be celebrated — or at least recognized — this weekend, as it should, because, simply stated, fathers matter.show up in the form of bus drivers, mail carriers, barbers, bankers and bartenders. Some come adorned in black robes or wear blue uniforms, sporting badges and guns.
But Father’s Day 2024 is different than it was several decades ago. Time was, most children, White and Black, lived with two parents in their first marriage. Today,In October 1995, we pledged to reconnect with families and be good husbands. Now, more than 70 percent of Black births in D.C. are toI return to this finding because for far too many children in this city, Father’s Day won’t be a day to honor Daddy.
Some children don’t have a father around because of the painful separators of death and divorce. Some fathers are separated from their children by prison walls. And some kids are separated because their fathers, while out and about and free as birds, have not accepted their responsibilities to help take care of their children.While I’m at it, let’s put to rest the stereotyping of all Black fathers as derelict dads. Many Black fathers in this city live with their children.
Money alone can’t turn the tables either. My father didn’t have money to give. Except for a few quarters and dimes to go after supper to buy a pint of chocolate ripple that his five-member family could share. That was about it.
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