Mental Health Reads

Emotional Neglect as a Structural Outcome, Not an Individual Moral Failing Research and social analysis increasingly show that a lack of love is not a core culprit for childhood emotional neglect. Much more often, it emerges from chronic stress, limited support, and systemic conditions that overwhelm parents’ emotional capacity. Across countries and cultures, parenting does not occur in a vacuum. It is shaped—or constrained—by economic pressure, social expectations, isolation

I don’t claim to have telepathy, but I’d bet good money predicting some of the thoughts that can show up for a new client who is still...