My best friends son just turned 1 this year. It makes me happy to hear that he is there for his kid, and I know him and his g/f do love each other as she's lived w/him and the rest of his family for years now. He has turned down some chances at big money to stay at home and be with his kid, as he told me, he knows what it's like to grow up without a dad and he didn't want that to happen to his son.