Gnash I get what you're saying no man should be praised for being a father because he hasn't done anything other fathers haven't been doing since time began. But with special needs kids its different in my case my son has autism and lives in his own world all he does is look at tv somtimes I change stations up to a thousand times a day and thats no joke budharly is lucky to do what he does what he does with his son I wanted all that for mine but I can't have that for now at least but we do have great days like today we went the park today he was three what im realy trying to say is just love a