I have many young female friends who seemingly have no love or respect for themselves or their bodies. Many of them have children and have had several abortions. They jump from man to man and bed to bed in search of desperately finding someone to love them. Many of my friends that I am describing grew up in homes without a dad. I was just wondering if growing up in a home without a father causes a woman to act like this. I grew up in a home with a father and have never been pregnant and do not go around looking for a man to love me so that I can feel complete. What is your opinion on this subject?
2007-01-09 04:26:55 · 6 answers · asked by Cheryl J 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Other - Family & Relationships
I agree with you 100%. Many of societies problems can be directly traced to single mother homes, and fathers who are not involved in their children's lives. The children spend their lives looking for that father figure in their lives, and usually are involved in all sorts of self destructive behaviors (like you described) in the search for a man in their lives.
I'm not saying that single mother families are bad, simply those where the father is not involved. I have many friends whose parents are divorced, but their dad is very involved with their lives, and they're fine. It's the cases where the father just abdicates his responsiblities as a father where the kids get into trouble.
2007-01-09 04:53:51 · answer #1 · answered by basketcase88 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My parents are divorced but my father has always been in my life so I can only speak from a certain point of view. Two of my friends in high school didn't have fathers one died from cancer when she was a baby and the other was in jail. Neither of these girls slept around or was involved in destructive behavior. They were normal teenage girls to me, with boy problems and self esteem problems but they always had respect for themsleves as far I knew, although no one ever really knows anyone completely. Maybe they were all right because they knew where their fathers were, one would often visit her father in jail. I think it comes down to strong mothers if you show a child that they can have a great life even without a father they will. I would rather have a child fatherless than with an abusive one.
2007-01-09 05:31:54 · answer #2 · answered by trinigal33167 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that can happen when any parent is absent from the home. My parents split when I was younger, but I've never slept around and gotten pregnant. i think it depends on if they get enough love in their home, not necessarily who it's from. Some people who had both parents still feel neglected or unloved and many of them may behave in the same way.
2007-01-09 04:42:11 · answer #3 · answered by angelicasongs 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I truly think that fatherless homes are a major factor in how young girls view themselves and their worth as a woman.
2007-01-09 04:35:52 · answer #4 · answered by Premo Mom 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Each "tub" sits on it's own bottom"....it's a choice each person makes what they want to do with their life. Just because they didn't have a Dad, they still make the choice to live their life in a bad manner. They are NOT a product of their rearing...they are a product of their bad choices!
2007-01-09 05:00:51 · answer #5 · answered by olderbutwiser 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i act the same way your friends are because i am going through a breakup
2007-01-09 06:08:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋