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[DC] Why does Superman not identify as Superboy's dad?

In pretty much every version of the two I've seen, it's confirmed that genetically, Clark is Conner's father and Lex Luthor is the other.

Lex has no issue acknowledging him as such, but Clark would rather call their relationship "brothers." Why?

He had his own kid not long after in a lot of versions so I don't think it's because he wasn't ready to be a parent. Is it because of his age, the fact that he was force grown to a teenager right away? Is the thought of him sharing a child with his main foe too much for him to process so this was his way of coping? I'm trying to figure this out.
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Because he’s not Superboy’s dad. Superboy’s his clone, they’ve never had a father-son relationship.

I mean, why WOULD he call himself the guy’s father. Kind of weird to declare yourself a random teen’s dad because you are sort of related.

Lex declares himself daddy because he wants control and dominion. Superman doesn’t want an inferior, he wants a peer. And Superboy is of the same mind, he doesn’t see himself as Superman’s baby.