This is what kids without fathers are like.
While I think coming from a one parent household increases the chance of this happening, I've known some kids come out fine from a one parent household.
I think this is what happens when parents (father or mother) aren't involved with their kids, and don't want to step up to the plate and work at being a parent.
I can see how it happens when both parents work. They work long hours, get home late, they're tired themselves, and have a limited amount of time with their kids. So they indulge them (so as to minimize conflict in the short period of time they have together). This teaches the kids that they don't have any limits, so they end up escalating their behavior to what most of us consider unacceptable levels.
Also, parents too often nowadays want to be buddies, and not parents. Parenting is hard work (except for between the ages of about 2-5 when kids are typically fairly easily managed, and actually like you). Unfortunately too many parents are too self involved and needy themselves to be effective as parents.