Teen Dads Need Support. A New Kansas City Program Guides them Through Fatherhood

The Kansas City Globe e-Edition
-LOCAL FEATURETyreque Teen Dads Need Support. A New Kansas City Program Guides them Through Fatherhood
Carter, 19, holds his newborn son, Tymere, as another soon-to-be father takes their photo on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024, as part of a program called Dad Prep Academy at DeLaSalle High School in Kansas City (Anna Spoerre/Missouri Independent).
Carter, 19, holds his newborn son, Tymere, as another soon-to-be father takes their photo on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024, as part of a program called Dad Prep Academy at DeLaSalle High School in Kansas City (Anna Spoerre/Missouri Independent).

‘The overarching goal is to make sure they realize their life doesn’t stop just because they’re a teen father,’ said James Hogue, the founder of Dad Prep Academy

December 25, 2024— Tyreque Carter held his 2month-old son, outfitted in a festive Christmas onesie, as he congratulated another soonto- be teen father on his gender reveal: a girl.

They were among several students at DeLaSalle High School i…