Becoming a parent made me realize how much mutualism there is between a parent and a child. We both need each other.
Growing up without a parent definitely affects a child, but if the parent is still living, it negatively affects that parent to not be in the child’s life also.
Having a child has changed me in many ways and taught me many lessons, and has allowed me to feel feelings that I didn’t even know I had. None of these things I would have experienced if I wasn’t a present dad.
As a kid, you don’t realize the impact you have on your parents. So, if there’s a kid out there that has a living parent that’s not around, you’re right to feel like you need and want that parent around, but just know they need you just as much and are missing out on some of their biggest blessings, which is you.
FLY, BLACK BOY 