Literature
The Man who didn't know How To Be a Father, part 2
The son and his friend eventually found other people to help them climb out of the river. But it was a near thing; they almost drowned.
The father who didn't know how to be a father didn't apologize for his cowardice, or offer any real help. But for the son's birthday, he did take him to a mall to buy shoes.
Now, the non-father was getting older, and moved slow. But the son was also slow, with a neurological limp since he was born. So he was walking slow with the old man, trying to help him along. The old man became snippy and demanded the son move slower. The son put up with this as best he could, then finally tried to help the old m