Parenting: Do you believe it's a necessity to have both a male and female parent in the household for a child to develop mentally healthy?

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I personally grew up without my father because he passed away when I was two years old. I only had my mother, and she never remarried or had any boyfriends. I crave that male figure in my boyfriend, and it's so sad. I hold him to a higher standard because part of me pretends like he's my dad. Lmao. It's sick and I can't control it. But I think a lot of girls have that issue when they grow up without a father. I have grown up angry an angry child but I plan on being a doctor. So, I'm on edge when I'm asked if kids actually need a female & male figure in their lives.. I don't know. Part of me is totally normal & excelling and another part of me is "fucked up" because I am missing that male figure. What do you think about it (not me)?

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Not in the household necessarily but in there lives yes. A child needs both parents, my son needs his father because I'm not a man and can't teach him things like peeing standing up and he needs me.

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I think it's more important that children are happy, stable relationships around them especially when it comes to the people raising them. Regardless of their sex. Kids need to see examples of strong, loving relationships so they know how to create those themselves in the future. Not having that can really cause damage.

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no, but there should be both male and female figures in a childs life. (teachers, other family, etc)

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I voted yes, but i don't think 'necessity' is how i would say it. I would say it helps a lot to have both. But there are single parents who have brought up perfectly normal children sooo..

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I don't think that it necessarily has to be one male and one female parental figure or role model. But I do think the more adult role models that play a role in the child's life the better, they say it takes a village. Whether it's 2 males, 2 females, one of each, a single parent, I don't think that's the determining factor in how a child turns out. A child of a single mother that was an excellent parent will probably turn out better than a child that has 2 POS deadbeats for parents. Although most people I know who grow up without the other parent usually say they have that void that they feel like they need to fill. So I guess it really depends on the circumstances of the individual situation.

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It doesn't matter what you believe, it's been shown to be irrelevant to child development.

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I had both parents and I have big mother issues, she was terrible, my sister's and I are all messed up from it. I think parenting is more about love, teaching kids self esteem, morals, values.. just being there for your babies. You can have both parents and only one of them actually love you. I try so hard not to be my mother with my kids.

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It isn't a necessity

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You don't need both in the house. I think it's beneficial to have both genders involved in a child's life. That way you understand how to interact with both

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You don't NEED both a male and female in the household, but growing up my relationship with my dad was strained because him and my mom didn't get along and she kept me from me and it's definitely affected me. I grew up knowing my dad as an ominous and shadowy figure that was mean to mom and sent me money every two weeks. And that made me feel really shitty. So I went through the whole phase of craving attention from boys because I didn't get it from my dad. Dark times. But now that I'm older and can initiate contact with my dad by myself, our relationship is so much better and I'm pissed I didn't have this make guidance in my life the whole time. But it's better late than never.

Parenting: Do you believe it's a necessity to have both a male and female parent in the household for a child to develop mentally healthy?

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