Same deal here, my parents split when I was very young and father was very absent. Wasn't until my early twenties that I reconnected albeit slightly, with him. So I was raised by a single mother. I'm not psychotic, or damaged in any way, so I turned out fine. I do however think my childhood would of benefited greatly from a stable household with a mother and a father. There are a number of things I missed out on, a number of horrid memories that had to be forgotten from bad paths taken. Again the key is, the ideal family would be one mother, one father, in a stable household. Really tho how ma