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We have grown to love these seven Black TV dads who have made us fall for them by exhibiting superior parenting skills.

Joelle Avelino It was middle school, eighth grade, when a sheltered 13-year-old boy suddenly found himself immersed in an unfamiliar world, guided by a girl who wasnt much older, a girl on the verge of leading a religious movement. At first glance, it might appear as if all they had in common was age, but there was more. They were both growing up in religious households — she a Baptist in a walled community outside of Los Angeles, he a Muslim in suburban Maryland. And they shared ...