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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You might be describing what my therapist calls "benign neglect". It's how I grew up. Physical needs being met (although there was some medical / health neglect for sure). My mom lacks empathy, refused to help me with school work, makes a joke of anything serious, is prone to anger and drama.[/quote]

That doesn’t sound benign. I think you are just referring to emotional neglect, as PPs have discussed at length. As opposed to material neglect (failure to adequately clothe, feed, provide education or other basic needs) which is generally how the law defines neglect.

CPS gets involved in material neglect cases but not emotional neglect. They will get involved if there is evidence of emotional abuse, but that’s different.

But that doesn’t make emotional neglect benign. Lots of people (myself included) feel the impact for decades after they are grown. I also know there are complex relationships between emotional neglect and both material neglect and all kinds of abuse. My parents were emotionally neglectful in large part because they are abuse survivors. [/quote]

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