他不得不正视自身作为父亲的不足。

He had to face up to his own inadequacies as a father.

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我觉得我作为父亲（或母亲）完全不称职。

I felt totally inadequate as a parent.

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作为父亲，我们面临很多的难题。

We face difficult questions as dads.

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The legal subject is the father; he has lost a child. So I have to suffer the literal punishment, as a father, I have to lose my child. Right?

法律主体是父亲，他失去了孩子，作为父亲，我也必须,遭受原义惩罚，失去我自己的孩子，对吧？

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