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Why A Fearless Dad-To-Be Was Scared Of Fatherhood

Kennedy Odede was frightened by the prospect of becoming a dad: "I should do it the right way. But by the way ... what is the right way?"
Kennedy Odede and Jessica Posner Odede during their countdown to parenthood.

Kennedy Odede seems like the kind of guy who wouldn't be scared of anything.

He's lived through a lot – and kept on going. When he was around 10, he ran away from home – and a violent stepfather. He lived on the streets in the slum of Kibera in Nairobi, Kenya. Once a mob beat him up for "I thought I was going to die," he says. Another time he was "I still have the scar," he says. (Read here.)

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