baby father

Child's male parent

Baby father is a man who has fathered a child with a woman to whom he is not married, typically implying he remains involved to some degree but doesn't live with the family.

The term originated in Caribbean English and spread through Black British and American usage: Her baby father comes by on weekends.

Compare baby mama.

paternity

DNA

Hereditary code molecule

lineage · bloodline · inheritance · heredity · progenitor · sire · descent · chromosomes · filiation · test

legal

child support

Mandated parental financial contribution

maintenance · parental rights · legitimacy · acknowledgment · registration · birth certificate · surname · guardianship · tribunal · enforcement

relationship

partner

One who shares activity

couple · separation · custody · visitation · support · absent · involvement · responsibility · commitment · estrangement

caribbean

dancehall

Paid venue for social movement

  • reggaeJamaican offbeat music style
  • JamaicaCaribbean island nation
  • yardLinear measure or grounds

community · culture · slang · patois · lyrics · sound system

Opposites
parental role

baby fatherbaby mother

Mother of someone's child

baby mama · mother · birth mother · biological mother · mom

relationship formality

baby fatherhusband

Married man's role

spouse · partner · life partner · family man · co-parent

parental involvement

baby fatherdeadbeat dad

Parent shirking child support

absent father · primary caregiver

Family

baby, father, babies, babied, babying, babyish, babyhood, fathers, fathered

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