Today’s topic is going to be “Father Knows Best.” It’s because of the Father’s Day. In the prison – In prison, we have a lot of fathers that have babies out there for Father’s Day. And we discussed things that we can do, that we was doing, before we got in a situation to break apart from our kids. In here, as fathers, a lot have tried to keep our memories alive as fathers, you know, what we did with our kids out there. And we have found that, doesn’t know what father — doesn’t know how to be a father in the prison system. So, what we do is try to get together and try to think of things that we can do as fathers while we in here for our child, and what we can do as fathers when we get out.
How do we make sure that the mothers of our babies be, you know, come to help, to what can we do to help her out there raising our kids while we in prison? And there’s a lot of things that we come up with, a lot of ideas that we come up with, you know, like trying to continue paying child support in the prison system, that if you do get locked up, they have it well, you don’t have to pay child support. Me personally, I think that’s stupid. I think every man that have a child should be paying child support for that child. Nobody should be able to get away without paying for their child. And we have a happy guy that, you know, doesn’t understand what a father figure is. It’s not because he had a baby. Anybody can have a baby. It takes a real father to raise that baby. It takes a real father to understand that child. It takes a real father to be there for that child. And we, you know, as Father’s Day is coming close, we think about things that we should have did as fathers being out there, because when our kid is having problems, they can’t go to us. They can’t. They have to wait till we call to order to talk to us. We shouldn’t want a life like that. We should be there for the kids. We should be there for any, any, any child that want to talk to you as a role model. We’re not role model being in prison. We out of the role model department. But what we can do is put our stuff back into reality to say, I feel, you know, you can be a role model in prison if you know what you’re doing and you know how to do it.
[Unclear] doesn’t stop you from being a father to that child, no matter where you at. You always a father, no matter what. We got good father, bad father, and some are not so good father, but it’s to be able to teach yourself of being a father, in the prison system, because you only know how to be a father. And it’s not a overnight thing, that being a father, you know, it’s like, well, nine months for a baby to come out, most of it, but you have that all that time to be ready to teach yourself how I’m going to be a father to this child. What is I need to do and what is it going to take?
So my thing is this, be the father that you know you are out there. Take the time out and talk to your child. Take the time out and tell your child you love them. And take the time out to appreciate the mom that had that baby. Don’t be a stranger to your own child. Make sure that you know what a father is supposed to do and a responsibility to come behind being a father. So with that, this is Mr. Jenkins. You can reach me if you want to comment, or going to write me. You can, you can go prisonradio.org, or you write me as Mr. Jenkins, BM25224B3RC42, P.O. Box 3481, Corcoran, California, 93212, and I will respond back immediately. So my thing is this, be good, and hope you have a decent, good Father’s Day and let- and don’t be afraid to tell other people probably, “Hey, have a good Father’s day” and take care of your loved one. Don’t be a stranger, and be good to yourself, and know you have to love yourself before you can love somebody else. Thank you. Have a nice day.
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