This includes the destruction or disposition of pets, farm animals, personal property, toys, clothing, bicycles, etc. Show Neglect and abandonment is present in any relationship where one or more of the individuals in the relationship is abusive. Neglect refers to the lack of either emotional or physical maintenance that a child requires in order to grow and develop. The absence of food, clothing, shelter, and medical care are examples of physical neglect or abandonment. The absence of nurturing, compassion, hugging, holding, listening, and other kinds of emotional support, are examples of emotional neglect or abandonment.
Emotional neglect is hard to spot.
It might look like the child is clean, well dressed, well fed and otherwise looked after. But emotional neglect or abandonment can't be seen without spending time observing the relationship. This neglect also happens when a child is continuously lectured to, meaning talking to the child without asking them for their opinion or listening to them in return. It's a one sided conversation where the child is used by the adult as an object to vent at, to expel internal feelings or thoughts. The child's identity or emotional self isn't acknowledged or validated in a conversation that uses lecture form.