Girls raised by single/divorced fathers,No mother figure, what would you guess the negative consequences to be

Question

Girls raised by single/divorced fathers,No mother figure, what would you guess the negative consequences to be

Answer 1

Less likelihood of poverty than if raised by single/divorced mothers because men tend to earn more than women.  The rest depends on role models and other kinds of resources.

Answer 2

In a family without the mother figure, you could expect a child to be withdrawn, without much emotion, a "hard-***", because that is what fathers tend to be, and of course, a child learns from his parents. And without the mother figure around to cushion these types of emotions,  a child is almost certain to inherit the full spectrum of these male emotions, whether boy or girl. This is not an optimal setting for a child. A child needs both the motherly and fatherly figures to balance out their personality.

Answer 3

It depends on the individual role models and support systems that the child has in place consistently in their lives.  It can be positive.  It depends on the experience, training and choices of the caregiver and individuals involved in the childs life.  

It's never easy to be a parent even if there are two parents it the home.  I was a single parent for 4 years.  I made sure that my son had positive male role models he could look up to like his Sensai and other friends and family members.  A single father with prayer and love could certainly raise a happy well adjusted daughter.        

I always like the quote from Nancy Regan.  "It takes a village to raise a child."

Answer 4

I wasn't raised by either one of my parents. I have a great education and job. I'm married and expecting. We own our own home, our own cars, our own animals and we lead a happy, healthy life.

Biological parents are not absolutely necessary to raise a happy, healthy child. My siblings and I were raised by a 65 year old retiree who could barely look after herself, let alone five children. My uncle actually did most of the caring for us.



Children need a loving, nurturing environment where they are free to learn and grow into good adults. Sometimes two parents can provide this, sometimes one. The first and most important thing is that loving and caring environment. If good male/female role models aren't located in the house it's quite easy to find them amongst family and friends.

Answer 5

My two friends (sisters) were raised with pretty much no mother because she's a bipolar crackhead..One of them has problems communicating feelings, has overall relationship problems, is selfish, and doesn't work or go to school..The other is promiscuous, overly needy, and has substance abuse problems. It completely depends on the person, these two sisters are different in almost every way...

Answer 6

As with mothers, or other parents (adoptive parents, family members who become the parent etc) it will depend on the individual(s).  The s*x of the parent is overly irrelevant.  Parenting style is far more important.

Answer 7

My big brother raised these two sparkling female blonde 6' tall Barbi Doll World Class Baton Twirlers all by himself.  I am a connosoire of children and I must say he, all by himself, did an absolutely lovely job raising those two beautiful sweet creatures.  He has nothing much else redeeming to report about him, though, being a racist.