Will a boy raised by only his mother have all the essential tools needed to become a man?

Question

Or will he lack something and look for it later on in life as he grows older? I have met plenty of men who were raised only by their mother and they have grew to become very refined and decent young men. Yet i've always noticed that there always seemed to be something that they felt like was missing in their lives, something only a father could give them.

Answer 1

I raised my son without a Father, but he did have him part time and knew he was loved by his Dad. I also tried to have Uncles in his life. He just turned forty, he had been in the Army 4 years, switched to the Navy. Now he has worked on the Alaska Pipeline for Alyeska ever since. He turned out great. He's happily married also.

Answer 2

Girlfriend, in today's society, everyone has something that they feel is missing in their lives no matter what your background is. Take for instance the Huxtables, even though Cliff and Clare seemed to provide all that they could, there were always issues amongst the children. The key here you have already stated, some of the men you have met have grown up to be refined and decent. Well, I'd rather have that any day then someone raised in a two family household, yet that lacks the above mentioned qualities. Remember the old cliche' a good man is hard to find, well, raise that to the tenth power and you will see what we women are up against! (Men no disrespect, because finding a good woman is just as hard these days.)

Answer 3

If the mother is a strong woman by character, financial means and morals the boy will grow up to be a good decent man, but if the mother is a weak woman who get abused by other men and for the love of her son she will sleep with any man to make sure her child is not hungry , then the boy will grow up to know women as bitches and hoes because the first woman he knew was a hoe.

Answer 4

This comes back to the nature/nurture debate. ermmm, to be perfectly honest with you I think that it only becomes an issue when people make it one. I have two brothers, our parents were divorced when i was 12. my brothers were a lot younger than me.(10 yrs old and 3yrs old). I think it affected the older brother mor than the baby. the baby is running his own business, happily married and has a son- who he adores. the other brother took our dad's move really bad- and has nothing but hate towards him.... I think that the younger was too young to remember dad at home. and so didn't miss anythng. what i am saying, if peolpe keep on saying that it is a problem then it becomes a problem.

Answer 5

yes, that is true! but growing up to be a good gentleman doesn't depend on wether you were raised by your both parents or not. i knew a lot of good men who were raised by single parents, a mother in particular, they all grew up to be the men all parents want then to be. i can even say that they were [those were raised by single parents] more of a dreamer than that of children raised with both parents...but i'm not saying that they are better than ordinary children, it just that they tend to become more stronger and full of ambition. they wanted to prove something, and the urge to help his mother is extremely imporatnt. one example is, the first Contender Champion, Sergio Mora! he was raised by her mom alone, and his motivation to give his mother a good life leads him to become a better boxing champ.
but we cannot deny the fact that there is really a "thing" that only a father can give to a child, and i have nothing against it. the only key there is we just shower them with love and dream with them together.

Answer 6

Yes, a boy raised by a mother will have love, compassion and greater understanding when dealing with others as he grows up to be a man. A man is one who is mature enough to have all these qualities.

Answer 7

I think it would be better for a boy to be raised well by a loving mother than not to have any permanency in his life. (ie, growing up in foster care).....however, that mother should definately make sure that her son has lots of positive male role models, and most importantly, a committed male mentor to help him feel the confidence he will need in his own manhood.

Answer 8

well let me tell you i am a man who was raised by my mother but i did have my father to a point you did not say if the child had any contact with his father so let me tell you if you have to do the job yourself which i hope not make sure that you are on top of male issues because if your son sees the world only threw the eyes of a woman then he will be eaten alive by his male friends

Answer 9

Your question details indicate you're already romanticizing about the answer. Try an experiment where you try to determine men from single woman homes from men raised by a man and a woman without knowing their history in adavance.

Answer 10

I think if the mother raise him to respect himself and others he should be fine,I believe a woman can raise a male child just as well as a father.