A Father's Got To Do ...

Fathers are defined by their ability to adapt to the unusual and better their child through it.

So, we have a new hero, Fresh Kills' (Staten Island, N.Y.) Anthony Occhinero Sr., who delivered Jr. at home on Mother's Day, after his wife was sent back from the hospital: the medical geniuses there said Jr. wasn't fully cooked and ready to pop from the oven.

We also send a shout out to unemployed Canadian film reviewer David Gilmour who let his son drop out of school in exchange for accompanying his father to work (sort of, maybe). The resulting memoir, The Film Club, tells the tale of dad schooling son ... and vice versa.

And, even though his daughter, with renewed motivation, will get her GED, possibly freeing him early from prison, we still extend sympathies to Ohio's Brian Gegner who will serve 180 days in prison because — if the Fox News report is to be believed — his daughter skipped school two years ago when he was responsible for her education but she was spending time with his ex-wife.

** A father does what he does. Does he gotta? Usually, yes.**