According to research carried out by Huang Fei-li, children from single family homes are compelled to learn to take care of themselves at an earlier age, and they tend to be over-sensitive, relatively undifferentiated sexually, anxious and insecure.
根據家扶中心社工員黃斐莉的研究，單親兒童有缺乏自信、早熟、敏感、中性化、焦慮、沮喪… … 等等特質。