What are the effects on a boy's mental/personality growing up with a single mother?

Answer 1

With out a identifiable male role model?? -- good luck.

There's s a host of woes that occurs when the kids don't get the optimum 'growing-up' situation. Inter-personal relationship (failure) will be the main problem.

Answer 2

I raised my son as a single mom from when he was 6 months old, and he couldn't have turned out better! At 25, he has a wonderful wife, a bachelors degree, work that he loves, good self-esteem, and many great friends. He is of fine moral fiber, a hard worker, a loving and connected husband, and generous of spirit.
Fortunately, I have many male friends who set a very good example for my son. I have found that character and self-esteem are developed by telling a child how much you love them, how proud you are of them, what a good person they are, and that they can accomplish anything they really hope to do. Teaching the child right from wrong certainly can be done by a single parent! Just be very consistent with discipline and your expectations.

Answer 3

both parents are mentors to a child.

if your boy is growing up with one parent, lack of the other parent isn't an immediately prominent symptom. both parents contribute to the well being, nurturing and eventual outcome of your offspring.

many times, i have experienced where women will share that they feel entirely left out and useless because the father and son spend so much time together without her. they even feel like ending their motherhood. this is only a phase and it does pass. so with as many times as this phase happens in complete families, it would seem that a boy's father is a necessary element. if not a father, then a male figure but even a substitute would be a diluted result.

many single parents state that they cannot be both. i'm not just sure how much would be missing in a man's life from having grown up without a father. so much of child raising is intangible and if there are missing elements, it begs the question "if you never had it then how can you pass it on?".

Answer 4

My boy now almost 18yrs has grown up with me a single mother. I do worry about the affects this has had on him. The only stable male role model in his life is his grandfather thankfully he has had that. However so far I have found that my son is a free thinker quite spiritual a humanitarian highly intelligent sensitive he doesn't play sport as I have all my life I am loud he is soft he has a great sense of sick humour most of his friends are women but that's ok cause as i grew up most of my friends were men he could probably stand to be a bit more robust but he is himself often the question of "gay" comes up because he prefers alternate ways there is nothing gender specific and my knowledge presently is that he definately likes to have sex with women not men of course this may change later but it can change for anyone at anytime in reality. I think he is a well rounded individual. I have enough "blokey" traits to play both roles although I am very feminine. I will have a better idea later in life but we are all products of our own environment regardless of who we grow up with or who cares for us.

Answer 5

effects would vary depending on how the child was raised by the single parent, wether a mother or father. parental figures played a very vital role in shaping one's personality, but the holistic being of a person will depends on all kinds of inputs the child gets during his/ her early days as he/she ages. as what others have shared above, be the best mom to your child simply by loving him, not pampering nor try to cover all the short comings of not having a dad, but live simply as what others do ( remember you are not an isolated case in the world,ok) . and most of all alwsy communicate with your child, verbally, physically, as he grows he'll understand and he would never ask what is it to have a father as you have been a good parent to him alone. Keep it up n God bless you!

Answer 6

I have raised my children single handedly. My son relates incredibly well to females, he is well liked, has lots of friends of both genders, but is especially sought out by girls who feel they can talk to him about all sorts of things.
he is very sensitive, but is still able to participate in 'boys stuff' he enjoys computer games, sports, does well at the sciences in school, loves animals and Formula one racing.
He is a normal well adjusted male, and I agree with the person above me, it depends on how the mother raises him. And the same can be said about a boy in a two parent family.

Answer 7

Depends highly on how the mother raises him.

Answer 8

A lot of those guy's are pushed around and took advantage of by woman in the future. Or feminine.