The Most Effective Social Program Is Being A Good Dad

by Franklin Camargo

June 19, 2026

The Federalist

At the 2008 Democratic convention, then-Sen. Barack Obama made an observation that wasn't always nearly as controversial as it is today. "What makes you a man is not the ability to have a child. It is the courage to raise one."

This is perhaps the strongest defense of fatherhood ever given by a modern Democratic politician, and yet, it's hard to imagine that speech being delivered at a Democratic convention in 2026.

Obama acknowledged what decades of research have consistently shown:

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