Cowardly Acts

Summary:
In Crystal Palomino's mastery essay, she introduces multiple reasons fathers use an excuse to not fulfill their responsibility as a father. Palomino claims fathers leave their children because they are too much of a man, either feel like they aren't ready to take care of their child, or they feel like they shouldn't have to pay child support because the mother makes enough wages. Crystal's belief is if a man is a man then they wouldn't abandon their child in the first place, which would make it difficult for a mother to sustain a child on her own especially when the father refuses to pay child support. The author suggests you are not ready for sexual intercourse if you are not ready to face the consequences of raising a child.

Response:
I have previously encountered a cowardly act of the abandonment of a child. Therefore, I agree with the authors claims. Witnessing my cousin abandon his daughter made me see him as less of a man. He continues his lifestyle instead of raising his beautiful daughter. I believe she will grow up asking who's her father with a possibility of stressing why he left. My cousin makes my niece's mother's life more difficult and stressful. My niece's mother works her ass off to sustain her child because my cousin does not provide any type of currency or help for the child. So I believe when fathers leave it not only effects the child but the mother who now has to take on the role of two parents.