I know a guy who had a kid at 18. Decade later I see him occassionally through a mutual friend. He still does nothing at all for his daughter and continues to live his life like he is still 18 and has no responsibilities.
Is oddly judgemental of other people and will even bring up the "i'm a father" cared at times. Blames society for all of his problems.
Yea he's a complete piece of shit.
One of the greatest social stories I've ever heard is the complete opposite of the deadbeat dad story.
I once was out with one of the first friends I made here a 3+ years ago. We were walking to the grocery store with his young son to pick up provisions, and he ran into a friend from his old neighborhood -- a very traditional, self-sufficient, sometimes wealthy, but very communal neighborhood in Lisbon.
Turns out the guy (now around 30 years old) and his sister lost their father before he was one year old, and they lost their mother before he was five. But the elders of the neighborhood stepped in and insisted that the neighborhood would raise them and they would not go to an orphanage. So the different families each took turns hosting the children, raising them, and they grew up without the foster care system. Amazing "it takes a village" stuff. And the guy turned out alright and literally was part of everyone's family to this day.