Our Dad’s Got Nothing But Excuses! | KARAMO

Karamo mediates between a father who claims he doesn't know his children's birthdays and doesn't reach out, and his child who says he's been trying to connect. The father insists he pays child support and works daily, but won't take responsibility for the distance between them.
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I see them whenever I get a chance. They don't reach back. I'm the one keep reaching. That's why I stopped calling. I stopped texting. I stopped everything. That's a lie. Because they don't reach back.
That's a lie.
They never reach back to me. Every time, like when Kenneth's birthday, his last birthday, I said happy birthday. He didn't say anything. When my birthday? He didn't say anything. When my birthday? When is my birthday?
When is my birthday?
When is my birthday? Wow, bro, you lying. I wanna ask you a question.
I wanna ask you a question. Do you know your children's birthday? You can tell me.
Yeah, I'm pretty— I got their birth certificates and everything.
Well, what's their birthday?
What's my birthday? What's my birthday?
Well, no, no, no, no. We're not gonna reverse it. We're not gonna reverse it.
No, we'll reverse it.
As a father, you're the father here though. So as a father, you should know your children's birthday without asking them if they know yours. What is your children's?
I understand that part. I understand that part, but it's nothing intentional.
It's okay to own that you have made mistakes. And that you don't know their birthday. That's not what I was trying to say.
You know their birthday?
'cause I'm not leaving this. What is your children's birthday?
Well, you know, I know it's in September, you know what I'm saying? I don't know exactly the date.
You don't know your children's birthday?
It's bad, but okay.
I got 2 kids.
Secondly. That's not hard to remember. It's bad that I don't?
Secondly, you're saying right now that you have believed that Kenneth is not your child, correct?
Yes, 'cause he chooses. I try to respect them all. I gave him numerous, numerous chances and I see he don't care. He don't care, so I'm over it. I reached back to you and Kenya all the time. Y'all never reached back, that's what made me gave up. That made me gave up when you never reached back. You never reached out, I can't remember. You call someone, they never call you back, stop calling. I can't remember.
When did you do that?
I work every day. If y'all need, they took child support from me, they never—
I don't care about child support.
I'm not here because I wanted your money. I'm not a deadbeat.
I'm not here because I wanted your money.
Money.
I'm here because I wanted the relationship with my father.
You can have a relationship with me if you reach back.
You have to reach back.
It gotta be two ways. I'm not gonna keep reaching if you're not reaching back.
I always reach out. My brother Ben gave up. My brother Ben gave up. I'm reaching out. I talked to Ingrid and tried to reach out. I wrote this show for him to reach out to have a relationship.
I'm here for a reason.
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