Do you think female children are better off living with their mothers or fathers?

Question

I know in seperations the children usually go to the mother, but do you think there are any advantages to a little girl living with her father? I think girls raised by thier fathers have more self-respect and self-discipline.

Don't assume too much, this doesn't even relate to me directly. People who give assumptive answers will never get a best answer rating.

Answer 1

I don't necessarily think that it is better one way or the other. It would depend on the actual person wouldn't it? To say that being raised by a man promotes self-respect and self-dicipline, suggests that by being raised by a woman, a girl would be a wild-child or something. It is definately true that a young girl needs a positive male role model in their lives. But what if that man was an insensitive womanizer? That wouldn't be the ideal situation either. It depends wholly on the character and integrity of the parent. Children act what they have been shown. In other words, we must practice what we preach. Moms, be the woman you'd like your daughter to be (and the woman you'd like your son to end up with). Dads, be the man you'd want your daughter to be with ( and the man you'd like your son to be).

Answer 2

I think it is better for children to live in a family with two parents and if that is not possible than the parents must share time as close to 50/50 as possible. No parent alone can give the child everything that is possible. I know of some single parents who have done a great job of raising their children, but the fact is there were still problems. No matter how hard a single parent tries they can not be both male and female, nor have the traits of both.

Parent who want the best for their child need to work together to provide the child the love and structure they need. IF you bring the child into this word together you need to find a way to work together.

Answer 3

Your question is waaay too general for a good response. You need to narrow down what would be better, grades? Behavior, the weather? There are advantages to having children live with both parents (seperately) at some point. If the parents are too immature to get along in order to work out what's best for the kids, then it's a crap shoot who is the better parent. It all depends on the individual parents and kids. Too hard to answer this question, too many variables. Gender does not a parent make. Dads make wonderful moms and moms make wonderful dads. And kids personalities are built by the time they are 5...so....

Answer 4

Depends on the situation and the parenting skills of the parents. Who is the one the child is closest too. I think a daughter living with a loving and nuturing father can be a good thing. It can also be difficult during the adolecent years because he can't really know how it feels to be going through all that puberty stuff. It can be kind of hard to tell dad about the cute guy in gym class. I think having a good father figure who instills a good sense of self worth into his daughter is critical for her future. It is a really hard call but who ever they live with they need both parents as a constant presence in their life.

Answer 5

I believe that children should be raised by both parents, but understand that that doesn't always work out. Females need both a father and mother to learn how to grow up to be a self respecting, well adjusted adult. There are definite benefits to both parents, but I do not believe one is better than the other parent solely based on the sex of the parent.

Answer 6

Hold on a minute there. That is not a very nice thing to say. There are so many women who bare that sole responsibility. I dont think it matters whether she lives with the father or the mother. It depends what role the father takes in her life. If your a good father to her it wont matter where she lives. Most time dads come up short either way.

Answer 7

Girls who are raised by fathers who think they're fantastic and tell them that they are beautiful will have much more self confidence and self respect. Little girls dpend on their fathers to hear these things. So if it's a good father then yes. But girls need their mothers ALOT too. So if she must be raised by her father she needs a very very operative mother figure in her life as well

Answer 8

I know my life would have been dramatically different for the better had I lived with my father. Living with my mother I encountered one of the most self-centered, abusive and neglectful situations that a child could face. I was exposed to an incestous and abusive grandfather was well as a neglectful mother.

My life could not have been worse with my father. I firmly believe that.

Answer 9

it depends on the person. I mean if the woman is an idiot, then yes, I would say the child is better off with the father. but if the mother is a good person, then there should be no reason why the child should not be with the mother.

Answer 10

i think it is just very well dpends on who and what environment is better for the child yes they normally go to live with there mother but in some cases the father is in the best interest of the child