Houser says he understands how some young men turn to crime. He knows how the appeal of quick money and nice cars and clothes compares with slinging burgers and fries for a few bucks an hour.
“You just gotta believe that somewhere down the line it’s gonna pay off,” he says.
And for Houser, it has. He’s a graphic designer and a freelance writer. His 3-year-old son, also named John, will soon start attending the city’s schools, not far from the home Houser has owned for more than a decade in Baltimore’s Canton neighborhood.
“He’s amazing; he’s smart; he’s funny. He’s fearless,” Houser says.
Children “change your life because you have to change. If you don’t change, you’re gonna be a terrible parent, and you know you can’t be that,” he says. “So you change, and they change you, and you try to change them, try to get them ready for society.”
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