“I do not write this to make you ashamed, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For though you have countless guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel” (1 Cor. 4:14–15).
https://www.catholic.com/tract/call-no-man-father
Sometimes protestants throw out Catholic teaching just because it is Catholic.
Sometimes Catholics adhere to Catholic teaching just because it is Catholic.