Oscar Udoh – Coordinator for Planning Evaluation/Adjunct Professor, Southern University Agricultural Center

Age: 60
Children: Iboro-Umoh Oscar Udoh (pictured), age 26; Eme Oscar Udoh, age 32; Idorenyin Udoh-Bradford, age 37
Spouse: Bridget Udoh

A misconception about fatherhood: That you can raise all your children the same way and with a simple blueprint.

Advice for other busy dads: Schedule family prayer time with your children. You can find out their cares, concerns, anxieties or worries through this forum. Through regular prayer sessions, you can reassure them that you care, and this can help to calm some of their fears. Eat dinner with your family as often as possible, and after dinner, start conversations that involve their lives and especially their futures, be it academics, a career or other ambitions.

How we connect: We attend church and sit together.

Do you know a devoted local father? Tell us about him by emailing [email protected].