emotionalabuseawareness:

“Emotionally abusive parents give little attention to their children and do not seem to be interested in what they do and how they feel. The little attention that is paid to them is negative and often anxiety-provoking”

— Dorota Iwaniec, The Emotionally Abused And Neglected Child: Chapter 9 Risks and Resilience in Cases of Emotional Abuse (2006)