what is the affect of being raised with out father?

Question

i grew up with out father :( well, i like the way i grew up, but the more i read books the more they telling me it has a lot of affect in life. what do u think?

Answer 1

It's what you and your mom make of it. If your mom was there doing all she could, then don't worry. Forget what those books say, especially if your already grown up and you have made it this far w/out a father. Don't bother your mom probably was already feeling a lot of what you may begin to feel due to this, moms go thru those affects for you because she knows she didn't make a good decision back then, so she trys or tried to do her best at making you feel as if you weren't missing out just w/out a dad, she made up for it. So don't read that crap, give your mom a hug and thank her for doing her best.

Answer 2

That is an interesting question. I grew up with out a father as mine died when I was very young. My mother never remarried and I wonder how this affected me. I wish I knew in what ways I'd be different had my father lived.

Answer 3

My father passed away when I was in 2nd grade, I had step-father, uncles, great uncles, cousins. I grew up just fine.

yea it is great when you have a father to help raise you, but if you don't, I believe male influence can come from members of your own family.
in native American Indian culture all males are responsible for helping raise their nieces, nephews, children, and being an influence. regardless if the father is involved or not.
life is what you make it, if you let it control your life it will.

Answer 4

I might as well have been raised without a father, he was in the service so he was gone all the time. I am thankful that my son grew up with a wonderful father.

Answer 5

I think there is something a man offers and something a woman offers i raised my boys alone and my middle son is hell bent that he will always be in sons life he went as far as canceling work to be there for shots and minor things my oldest is now freaking out cause ex-girlfriend wont let him be part of pregnancy and my 13 is depressed cause dad came back in picture and left on his birthday had to go thru therapy i think deep down we want to be loved by the persons that created us we hunger for this and there is always a void in our life's when we don't have this and when we are grown we chase our tails to make sure this doesn't happen to little ones

Answer 6

I thought if my daughter didn't have a dad she wouldn't miss one. (It was a one night thing and he wants nothing to do with me or her) But I found a guy that was family oriented and we got married when she was 1 1/2. When she was 7 she asked me how come daddy didn't love her. I knew he didn't, I just didn't know she knew it. I felt so bad for her. He ended up getting his g/f pregnant so I left. When my other daught went to see her dad, my first daughter was sad that she didn't have a dad to go see. We have no idea the adverse affect of being raised up in broken homes. The devil is doing a good job of breaking up families.

Answer 7

I grew up without a father and I am perfectly fine with that. If he didn't want to be around, is that my fault? No, his loss is what I say. He has 2 wonderful grandchildren he will never know.

Answer 8

I grew up without my father and I am fine. He didn't want to grow up and have responsibilities. Now he is asking my family about me and my kids. I have 4 very handsome boys that he doesn't know. His loss.

Answer 9

some say its harder to disapline children without a father although i think it depends of the control that the mother has. there are fathers who are good for nothing and their kids would be better off without them and all depends on the father and mother i think.

Answer 10

I am a father so I would say that it is just as vital to a childs development as a mother would be.()