But many also feel their town grew up without a central focus for community life.
Their three kids would have to grow up without him now.
Think about your four children and what it must be like for them growing up without their mother.
He couldn't risk his first child growing up without him.
He has two children, one by each wife, who are growing up without him present.
Growing up in a house without television meant reading a lot.
I don't want to think about the boys growing up without me.
He grew up in a difficult life and without parents to look after him.
He grew up without a father and received little education.
I mean, I'm sure there were times in her life when growing up without a father was difficult.