The 3 Unique Challenges of the Parentified Child in Adulthood
Marc Marc’s parents divorced when Marc was seven. From that point on, he was raised by his mother, with occasional “check-ins” by his father. Marc’s mother owned and managed a deli, and had to work...
View ArticleHow Childhood Emotional Neglect Works and Why It Transfers Through Generations
And how it affects your day-to-day life now. Emotional Neglect: A parent’s failure to respond sufficiently to your emotional needs. In other words, Emotional Neglect is something that failed to happen...
View Article10 Question Quiz: Do You Need Better Boundaries With Your Emotionally...
It is definitely true that parenting is an incredibly complex job. We can all see that the huge majority of parents are honestly working hard to offer the very best they possibly can to their children....
View Article3 Ways Emotional Neglect Can Feel Like Abandonment to a Child
Yes, it’s true. Emotional Neglect can feel like abandonment to a child. Let’s start with a refresher on Childhood Emotional Neglect. What exactly is it? Childhood Emotional Neglect is far more common...
View ArticleThe 5 Special Challenges of Adult Children of Permissive Parents
Permissive parents are difficult to spot. Many appear to be great parents to an observer, and even to the children who are raised by them. Even after those children grow up, it still appears that way....
View ArticleHow Child Abuse and Neglect Plant the Seeds of Racism in Our Children
In the United States of America, it is a time of reckoning. As a nation, as a people, who do we want to be? Divided? Filled with hate and judgment of each other? We must decide. In 2016, a reader...
View Article5 Ways to Improve Father’s Day With Your Emotionally Neglectful Dad
Father’s Day is easy for all of the people who feel loved by, loving, and close with their dads. If your relationship with your father is strong and uncomplicated, I hope you will give him the...
View ArticleHow to Give Your Children What They Need Emotionally
All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. – Leo Tolstoy in Anna Karenina Even though every child is different, all children are also the same in one very important...
View ArticleHow COVID-19 May Be Affecting Your Relationship With Your Emotionally...
Two things are going on right now that are causing more pain in adults’ relationships with their emotionally neglectful parents. Care to guess what they are? It’s the holidays plus the COVID-19...
View Article10 Ways You May Have Been Emotionally Invalidated as a Child
Do you know that children have physical needs? OF COURSE, YOU DO! Virtually all parents, and all people, for that matter, understand that children must be fed, clothed, kept warm and sheltered, rested...
View Article3 Challenges of Having Emotionally Neglectful Parents
Having worked with hundreds of people who grew up with Childhood Emotional Neglect or CEN, I have had a unique window into how CEN plays out in people’s adult lives and relationships. The sad reality...
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