Help for teen fathers

Keroll Minera, 17, and Frank Mariano, 16, play with their 1-year-old daughter, Anabell, in their Koreatown home. Frank receives free food, diapers and condoms for attending the Children’s Hospital L.A. program for young fathers.  (Susannah Kay / Los Angeles Times)

Frank Mariano, 16, pushes a stroller with his daughter, Anabell, 1, in Koreatown.   (Susannah Kay / Los Angeles Times)

Frank Mariano, 16, plays with his daughter, Anabell, 1, at a park in Koreatown.  (Susannah Kay / Los Angeles Times)

Frank Mariano, 16, plays with his daughter, Anabell, 1, at a park in Koreatown.   (Susannah Kay / Los Angeles Times)

Anabell Mariano, 1, stretches her arm out to her father. Both of her parents were in high school when she was born.  (Susannah Kay / Los Angeles Times)

Frank Mariano, 16, gets ready to go down a slide with his 1-year-old daughter, Anabell, at a park in Koreatown.  (Susannah Kay / Los Angeles Times)

Frank Mariano, 16, demonstrates dominant communication with a puppet as part of an L.A. Fathers Program exercise at Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles.  (Susannah Kay / Los Angeles Times)

Frank Mariano, center, stands on a chair for an exercise on dominant communication, part of the L.A. Fathers Program at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.  (Susannah Kay / Los Angeles Times)