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/^t/There is also another factor that makes single-parent families different from traditional ones, namely the psychological factor. Single-parent families lack traditional role models either of a mother or of a father. It is particularly important for a girl to have a mother, and for a boy to have a father who would be models for them. Sometimes it might turn out later in life that they have problems being mothers and fathers themselves, for example they become overprotective or too strict towards their children, because they have the image of how to be a parent based on their own imagination. Moreover, later when choosing their partners, girls lacking a father and boys lacking a mother tend to seek those who would fulfil their dreams about parents they did not have. This is not psychologically normal behavior and may sometimes lead to unhappy relationships.