The social environment and innate tendencies are considered the fundamental determinants that shape a child's development. Throughout life, a person develops on a motor, cognitive and socio-emotional level, but social deprivation, which refers to reduced conditions with regard to meeting human needs, prevents a person's quality development. The risks of social deprivation are often perceived in different ways, and people who are affected by the risks often accumulate problems and they reappear in different aspects of life. In this paper, social deprivation and related risks for child development are presented with regard to certain difficulties in development, relying on children who were raised by such a person. The development of a young person in conditions where there is an intellectual disability, speech difficulty or some form of social deviation is considered difficult due to the experience of treating such persons with disrespect, which leads to the labeling of the whole family. The results of scientific research presented in this paper indicate that children raised in an environment of social deprivation often mature earlier and take on roles in the family that are not in accordance with their age, and it is important to emphasize that each individual develops in a different way.