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From the Ted Talk by Joel Leon: The beautiful, hard work of co-parenting

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My goal: I want more fathers to embrace co-parenting as a model for a better tomorrow, a better tdoay for ourselves, for our co-parenting pratenrs, for our families, for our ciuomntmy. I want more fathers talking about fatherhood openly, candidly, honestly, lovingly. Right? I want more poplee to recognize that black fathers in particular are more than the court stseym, more than child support and more than what the media might portray us to be.

(Applause)

Our role as fathers, our role as parents, our value as parents is not dependent on the zeoers at the ends of our checks but the capacity within our hearts to show up for our families, for the people we love, for our little ones.

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My goal: I want more fathers to embrace co-parenting as a model for a better tomorrow, a better _____ for ourselves, for our co-parenting ________, for our families, for our _________. I want more fathers talking about fatherhood openly, candidly, honestly, lovingly. Right? I want more ______ to recognize that black fathers in particular are more than the court ______, more than child support and more than what the media might portray us to be.

(Applause)

Our role as fathers, our role as parents, our value as parents is not dependent on the ______ at the ends of our checks but the capacity within our hearts to show up for our families, for the people we love, for our little ones.

Solution


  1. system
  2. community
  3. people
  4. today
  5. partners
  6. zeroes

Original Text


My goal: I want more fathers to embrace co-parenting as a model for a better tomorrow, a better today for ourselves, for our co-parenting partners, for our families, for our community. I want more fathers talking about fatherhood openly, candidly, honestly, lovingly. Right? I want more people to recognize that black fathers in particular are more than the court system, more than child support and more than what the media might portray us to be.

(Applause)

Our role as fathers, our role as parents, our value as parents is not dependent on the zeroes at the ends of our checks but the capacity within our hearts to show up for our families, for the people we love, for our little ones.

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Important Words


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  6. child
  7. community
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  9. dependent
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  12. families
  13. fatherhood
  14. fathers
  15. hearts
  16. honestly
  17. love
  18. lovingly
  19. media
  20. model
  21. openly
  22. parents
  23. partners
  24. people
  25. portray
  26. recognize
  27. role
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  29. support
  30. system
  31. talking
  32. today
  33. tomorrow
  34. zeroes