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Like Father, Like Son

Like Father, Like Son

By ELIZABETH AJOSE · June 15, 2019

There’s always been a stigma that black men can’t take care of their children.

Not all fathers leave their children without a father figure.

It’s important for fathers of black children to stick around emotionally and be around their space.

Fathers need to be able to instill lifelong values to teach their child to tackle the world on their own one day.

A father doesn’t have to be blood, either.

Any man has the ability to have a child.

A real father takes on the task of actually raising them.

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