History lesson 101: Think about this...Back in the day, men took care of their family...Regardless of the circumstances....Men could or would do whatever it is that he wanted to do in the streets, but he would always take care of home and always take care of his family no matter what...If he cheated, he cheated, but he would still take care of home...When drugs hit the scene pretty hard way back in the day, THAT is when things started to go down hill...Family values went outta the window...Drugs took over families....Women were becoming more of the norm for head of households...And it hasn't been the same since...Mens values are not the same as they were back in the day...And that's not to say that men don't have values now...It's just as a whole, the values aren't the same...Now you have women raising boys into men...A woman can't teach a boy how to be a man...And a part of being a man is knowing how to take care of your family and more specifically your kids...There are not father figures in households as much as they used to be...It's a repeating cycle...So, when you do find a man that is doing what he is suppose to do, it's suprising because it's not the norm...You will run into more "men" who father kids but don't take care of them...Or they may take care of financially but outside of that, they don't do much...Again, I'm not saying that the majority of men aren't fathers, but I can only speak on what's in my community...

I could go deeper into it but I'm at work on a time constraint..But i will tell you this...It is a FACT that alot of it has to do with history and the government...Drugs were put into our community to destroy...And destroy is what it did....It's a trickle effect...It may sound weird or outlandish, but let me tell you...I have watched I don't know how many documentaries on History Channel, TLC, etc that directly shows the correlation between the two....

Edit: My response may have gone a little too in depth...But I will tell you this, from experience I have came across both good and bad dads...But it is more common for a man to spread his seed and not take care of them or be in their lives as a man should....So when you do meet a good father, it's literally like, "Wow, they do exist"....In my book, it says alot if you don't take care of your babies...Keep it moving, I want no dealings with you...Because it speaks volumes about your character...