Is it bad luck to be related to a Starfleet captain?

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

Yeah, it's definitely different. Having a personal hardship beyond "someone died and I miss them", like all your identity is wrapped up in them alone.

Rene Picard wasn't well-developed because he was a child and hadn't definitively become who he would be. David Marcus was an adult and had more time to develop his personality, goals, and ideas.

 

[Oddish]

Fatherhood takes a bit of a beating on the first two Trek shows.

Kirk. Absentee father. Meets his son, then loses him.
Sulu: Seems like a good dad, at least in the Kelvin timeline.
No other TOS characters are parents.

Picard: really bad with kids until "The Inner Light", which provides a 25-minute crash course. Never has children, though.
Riker: Good father, but doesn't become one during TNG timeline. And loses 1/2 kids.
Data: Good father to Lal. But loses her. Loses 2/3 kids in fact.
Worf: Deadbeat dad half the time, not great when he's there.
Geordi: Did not have kids in TNG timeline.

However, then came DS9, and fatherhood made a comeback. Sisko, Rom, and O'Brien are all great dads, and their kids all survive. Worf is still not so great, though. The more things change...

 

[Farscape One]

To be fair to Kirk, Carol Marcus told him to stay away.

I am not excusing the fact that he didn't try (at least, no on-screen evidence of it), but he did abide by her wishes.


We are also forgetting about Tuvok, who seemed like he would be a good father.

Also Tom Paris, based on how he was in "LINEAGE"... I feel he would be a good dad. Just the fact he is accepting of who she will be is better than a lot of parents out there.

 

[Oddish]

I didn't mention Voyager because I'd have to mention Tom, and he was all over the place. Abandoned three offspring in "Threshold", but seemed like a good parent in "Before and After". And I'm sure he will do right by B'Elanna and Miral, too.

 

[Farscape One]

Strictly speaking, Tom didn't leave the offspring there.

Chakotay did, as per his log entry.