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'A Father's Promise'

More American boys and girls than ever are growing up without a father. "A Father's Promise" explores this unsettling crisis. Coinciding with Black History Month, "A Father's Promise" is a follow-up to "Labor Day," a documentary made twelve years ago when three babies were born.

Watch 'Labor Day,' the prequel to 'A Father's Promise'

Hoping to grow up with both parents

Documentaries

Watch "Labor Day," the 1996 documentary about three babies in Newark, N.J., and the fathers who swore to be there for them. MSNBC checks in on whether they lived up to their word in "A Father's Promise."

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Check back later in the week to see responses to select questions.

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Roundtable

Documentaries

Why do fathers abandon kids?

Al Roker talks with Tiki Barber, Mayor Cory Booker, Rev. Eugene Rivers, Princeton's Melissa Harris-Lacewell, and principal Marni McKoy.

Watch more from the roundtable here

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