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I think it's probably a bit of both. Jotaro had a lot of people after him considering all he's done, so he definitely was trying to protect his family to some extant.

But at the same time, Jotaro isn't exactly the best at communication and emotion, which are both kind of critical for parenting. He clearly didn't display much affection to Jolyne and didn't realize for the longest time how much that affected her, so I can't say that he'd have been a great father anyway.