Sometimes a stranger's voice says exactly what your soul has been trying to get out.
In this 9-minute TEDx talk, Kent D. Ballard Jr. speaks for millions of young men — the ones who grew up without a father. He doesn’t rant. He doesn’t blame. He just tells the truth.
And it hurts.
Because it’s real.
Ballard’s experience mirrors what we hear from Gen Z guys all the time:
“I never learned how to be a man. I had to guess.”
Whether your dad left, disappeared emotionally, or was never even named — you’ll find resonance in Kent’s story.
It’s not about shame.
It’s about acknowledging the weight of that silence — and figuring out how we move forward.
Watch our July 10 Podcast on the impact of absentee fathers.
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