How are kids raised without a mother/father figure differ from a normal kid?

Yes this is a nice question. How are they now, and what are their differences? Hmmm... In my opinion and no scientific studies that may support, being a parent is difficult. being no parent is difficult. having absentee parent is also difficult. Wheww... life is difficult LOL. Yes, parents can be replaced by someone who really cares. there maybe parents around him but not supportive and busy with work then it will not be too significant for him. Yes parents can be replaced by grandparents, because grandparents are sometimes more loving than parents. specially if the kid grows with them. But having parents or not still growing up and what a kid would become depends on the environment too. Environment is very influential factor in child's growth. and these include media, peers and neighborhood. whew.. such life.

It depends on a lot of factors. Sometimes, if the parent from the opposite gender brings them up, they start acting like the opposite gender, because it's what they are used to. I know a lot of girls who only had their father become really tomboyish and masculine (not necessarily in looks, but in behaviour). Also, if the parents are rich, they can become spoilt brats, because the parents want to compensate them for what happened, and they choose the wrong way: money... especially if the other parent is giving gifts, too, or if the parents are kind of playing a power game and "whom does little Nicky like better" by trying to beat each other with their gifts. Some can end up being really cynical and distrustful and not really wanting to be in love, because the closest example they see is their own family.

I guess the new generation is hard to handle. Kids who grow with or without their parents nowadays are not the same like the olden days. Unlike years before, kids are obedient,respectful and so many other good traits and behavior that are seldom and practiced by kids these days. Although, kids who grows under parents supervision is still different but this modernization somehow played a big part of these changes.

Thanks a ton for sharing this discussion. Well in my opinion, even the children who have parents are spoiled brats or are exceptionally talented. All matters is the way they are groomed. For instance, if a child is always subjected to violent situations then he will develop violent behavior only. If an orphan is given proper love and affection then he will develop good qualities only. So what is important is the grooming and upbringing of a child. What say?

Hi, In my observation with my niece, she's spoiled (my parents are good spoilers even in our time) but has a mature thinking compared to other kids her age. She is not awfully smart but still smart. She is outspoken, we always support her in everything she want to do as long as it's good for her. She calls my parents mama and papa, and me and my brothers "Ate and Kuya" (big sister and big brothers), even though she knows that my sis is her mother and she has a real father. She ask about her father occasionally but we have to tell her she will met him one day but not so soon yet. If he wants to meet her, he knows where to find her. We can't risk taking her to him, we don't know what his capable of doing. She already met her step sisters. I think for now, she is very contented to know that she has my father as her father, she is very close to him, my sis is very sure that she will not be able to separate her daughter from our parents especially from my father.

i am single father, i was just 17 then, and she was just 15, when our baby was born she decided that our girl would be better off if she grew up with me, and it was the best decision she made for our girl,we remain friends and our girl stays or visits her sometimes. i became my girls' mother and father at the same time,because her mom, as the days went by, have met new friends too, and then she got married. it's just like saying that me and my girl grew up together. we grew up just like brother and sister, she calls me popsie and even in her college days she sleeps in my room whenever she is at home. i just live one day at a time in doing my responsibilities, and before i knew it she'd grown up to be a beautiful loving girl that i can be proud of, she is married now and have her own family and kids and living with her husband in their own home, i can say that she had become what she is because of the kind of love i gave her as a father even without her mama always at her side while she is growing up , she sends me "i love you" messages every day on my cellphone. she's grown up to be a loving wife to her husband and a caring mother to her children, so i believe it depends on the person where a child have grown up, may it be her biological parents, grandparents, adopted parents whatever, the most important thing is love and guidance is always present while they are growing up as a child... and i am thankful for her husbands' parents too, because they brought up their son in an environment of love and care, and makes him a good and loving husband to my daughter.