{"quotes":[{"text":"I smiled and looked at her- there she was with such a genuine grin and twinkle in her eyes. I kissed my mother on her forehead and took a long look in to her hazel eyes. I wondered when I would have the next chance to see her as I whispered, 'I love you.' Mother didn't respond. She didn't look well- she had a tint of green and yellow to her skin and her thinning hair was a dull salt and pepper color, cut extra short and clinging to her scalp. She had no makeup on, which told me she just had no more energy. I began to walk out of her room and turned to look at her. I wanted to run up to her, shake her, and beg her to tell me she loved me and was proud of me. But when I looked at her, she was already sleeping.","author":"Jori Nunes","tags":["abusive-parents","attachment","emotional-neglect","emotional-wounds","insecure-attachment","love","mother","mothers-and-daughters","unreciprocated-love"],"id":11657,"author_id":"Jori+Nunes"},{"text":"There was another problem with Emma's father, difficult for a small child who already thought of herself as greedy - his way of trying to keep her attention, to bribe her, with gifts. On each vof her visits, he would appear with you presents, beautifully wrapped\u003e And her confusion that she liked - and wanted - the presents, but not the man, was painful. He used 'sparkly Sellotape' and cut things into nice shapes and she wistfully w.","author":"Carol Lee","tags":["bad-parenting-skills","confusion","emotional-neglect","emotional-pain","mixed-messages"],"id":14332,"author_id":"Carol+Lee"},{"text":"Have the courage to walk away, those that value you will want you back, \u0026 those that do not won't hold you back.","author":"Trevor Driggers","tags":["abusive-relationships","emotional-neglect","emotions","life-lessons","loss","lost-love","love","love-life","relationships","walking-away"],"id":161013,"author_id":"Trevor+Driggers"},{"text":"Non-alcoholic ways in which parents may not 'be there' for the children can include: - violence and sexual abuse - workholism - gambling - transquilliser addiction- - womanizing - frequent journeys abroad - death- suicide- being unemployed or unemployable- frequent hospitalisation- mental or physical handicap- excessive religiosity- rigid rules and regulations- homes where children are never allowed to be themselves but must always be pleasing to adults.","author":"David Stafford","tags":["codependency","emotional-neglect","neglect","parenting","parenting"],"id":252211,"author_id":"David+Stafford"},{"text":"Whatever it was her father wanted, Emma did not know how to provide it. She felt confused by what he did, and imagined the problem was a lack in her, rather than him. And there was something.","author":"Carol Lee","tags":["emotional-needs","emotional-neglect","father","worthlessness"],"id":337907,"author_id":"Carol+Lee"},{"text":"Unhappiness in a child accumulates because he sees no end to the dark tunnel. The thirteen weeks of a term might just as well be thirteen years.","author":"Graeme Greene","tags":["boarding-school","child-neglect","childhood","darkness","depression","emotional-neglect","parenting","separation"],"id":460983,"author_id":"Graeme+Greene"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":6,"pages":1}}