In your own opinion, what are some of the effects on a child with a father absent.?

Answer 1

I think its sad but I also think a single mom can be just as good as a mom and dad.

Answer 2

I can only go with my own experience. I had an absent father, my brother and i both grew up to be strong independent individuals. My brother grew up to have a strong respect for women, very possibly because my mother was awesome. I grew up to be a feminist with feminist ideals, and strongly feel that all opinions are valid. I stick to my guns and know that to be successful and happy I do not need a man. Although I do have a man, and about to have my third child with him.

Now someone who grew up without a father and with a really shitty mother may have a different story or opinion. Or someone who grew up just like me could have a totally different opinion. Its really all based on the individual.

Answer 3

There is nothing wrong with raising a child without a father as long as their are other male influences. Think about it. If the father of your child was abusive or into drugs, would you rather have your child be exposed to that or make sure he is kept away so your child does not have to deal with those problems. I would choose to have the father absent. I had a very abusive father and my mother decided enough was enough the first time he hurt one of my sisters. We don't know our dad that well but we still love him. We don't have problems because our father wasn't around, and we have a high respect for men (as long as they respect us of course).

Answer 4

the situation is always different..
in my case i have an older sister who shares the same father as I do..We have a 3 year age gap..He took care of her along with my mother untill I was born..a few short months later he left..When I was younger, it didnt bother me that much..But as I got older it started to eat away at me. Expecially when I started dating..I would try to be closed and shut off because I always thought that the guy wouldnt love me. Because I figured if my father cant love me, why would some random guy love me? I carried that all for 16 years( im currently 16)..but this year in May but some chance, my mother found one of my father's family memebers and exchanged numbers..&& I currently live with BOTH of my parents..Most people dont end up like that, and just because he's here now doesnt mean that all my wounds are healed..

Answer 5

Depends on the child really, and the way that they are raised.
i grew up without a dad, and it has had a minimal effect on me as an individual and person.
i have been brought up to understand values and it has helped alot. i am personally very independent and strong willed, even though i was brought up by various relations.

So in some cases it may be a complete opposite. So just be prepared is all i can say.

Answer 6

It depends on the child, some grow up and turn out to be OK. (I did after many years of struggling.). A girl needs to have her first crush on dad. Same for a male child-first crush on mom.
Girls form their opinions of how males will treat them around the age of 9-10. This will set the pattern for they type of man she will look for.

A male child needs a masculine role model and someone to do things with.

Get yourself a good book on child development at a book store or a second hand bookstore. It will explain everything there.

Answer 7

I see this all the time, because I'm an army wife. It depends on why the father isn't around. If he's gone on business, then he/she'll learn that it's ok, and if he's just a dead beat dad, then it's probably best to teach her that you are strong and can handle it on your own. You didn't give any details so it's hard to answer this question.

Answer 8

My father replaced into bipolar, or manic depressive, as they called it in the 50's and 60's. You do have a tricky job. i might want to signify searching a help team for those with similar circumstances possibly at a community church, college, YMCA, and so on. locate one which has solid and honest baby care if you're in the team. locate solid male function fashions on your son as those are important years. if you're a non secular man or woman i might want to get in contact with concentration on the kinfolk from Colorado Springs, CO. they have a lot in the way of elements which could help you.

Answer 9

well one effect for girls is they don't get to experience love from a man that doesn't involve sex.To be held by a man without sexual motives is very important to a female.Usually a girl with out a dad 's presence in her life will often reach out to a man and find them selves entangled in a sexual position that they didn't expect.They were looking for love in a different manner,but the man that they're with at the time is not thinking in a fatherly way and the girl often ends up succumbing to a sexual encounter she wasn't prepared for.Thus forever equating sex and love as equal.Now about a male child ?who can teach a manchild how to become a man better than his dad ?It can be done,but with a good dad around, the man childs chances of reaching manhood will be better.

Answer 10

i believe that the effect differs with each child. it also could depend on how old they were when the father left. i was 6 months onld when my father left me, he never tried to contact me until i was 8 and that was also the last time because i told him that "i didnt want to be his child"

it hasnt affected me much other than the fact that i dispise him very much.

Answer 11

ummm...its NOT good. Children need male figures in the home (for the strong hand). My mother was a single parent and it was the hardest thing she had ever done. I was the WORST kid ever. I was abusive and, did drugs, and walked all over her. I know that if there had been a man in the home he would have physically refrained me from doing alot of things i did. I would say that a MALE is needed in a child's life.