I believe that being raised a JW is very destructive. You don't form the relationships in society that normal kids do. You are not allowed to join in any of the secular activity's the normal kids do. You are taught you are part of a very special group that is going to be treated very special and everyone else is doomed. You have all the answers to life's questions while everyone else is lost. I went to therapy for a bit and when I told the therapist I was raised a JW she told me that she deals with a lot of damage from this cult. And she used the word cult. She said it was widely known among her profession of the danger and damage done by the JWs.
I think every child, and parents and congregation is different. I would say some are not quite as damaging as others but for me I have been part of 4 different congregations and although that is not a large number non have been anything but destructive. I have seen what they have done to myself and others. Children raised in the cult are exposed to beliefs of imminent violent graphic death and destruction via My book of bible stories or in my case the Paradise book and down playing of the self. You as an individual are not important. Only Jehovah is important. The viewing of others not believing the same as you as less than and the list goes on. You may not know it but if you were raised a JW you were damaged.
