Excessive striving and preoccupation with performance. Excessively Responsible A giant child shouldering excessive responsibility, blind to anything but work and resposnibility. Parents may heap excessve household, childcare, or companionship responsibilites on child because of economic circumstances, personal problems, death or illness of a parent. Child may carry out burden resentfully, missing normal childhood carefree play. He has been banished.
Parents are frequently absent or busily pre-occupied.
Parent may be prominent or preoccupied with work, poverty, wealth, alcoholism, divorce, or illness. No one sets limits. Neglect is usually emotional. Child lacks ability to form close relationships. Never has the feeling that someone cares about him, is on his side.