Dad skips son's high school graduation for 14-year-old stepdaughters competition that her mom is already attending: 'Once she came into his life he prioritized her every step of the way'

Emmy Pratt • Senior Editor

May 13, 2024 9:00 PM EDT

There are few milestones as well attended as graduations. Whether you're graduating from high school or college, you hopefully have a good number of people in the audience cheering you on as you celebrate such a significant accomplishment. I still feel bad for the kids in the class of 2020 who didn't get to have the most important people in their lives, and I see them walk across the stage as they receive their diplomas.

Unfortunately, some kids don't have family members supporting them at graduation, even without extenuating international circumstances. An 18-year-old high school graduate recently took to Reddit to share the story of his father skipping out on his graduation to attend a competition his stepdaughter attended. The father had been prioritizing her events for years, but neglecting his own son's graduation to go to something his stepdaughter's mother is already attending is simply unacceptable. To make matters worse, the young man's mother died when he was 7. In some ways, he's lost two parents.