Inner Child is Health and Me's new mental health series where we deep dive into lesser-known aspects of child psychology and how it shapes you as you grow up. Often unheard, mistaken, and ...

Of the hundreds of psychological and emotional conditions, childhood emotional neglect is, in my opinion, among the least widely understood. That's because we have spent decades talking about and ...

Even though it feels like so long ago, the emotional scars we accumulate during our childhoods can have a lasting impact on our adult lives. Perhaps certain phrases you heard when you were young cause ...

When we think of child abuse, physical violence or emotional cruelty often comes to mind first. However, the most common form of maltreatment is actually much quieter: neglect. Affecting three out of ...

This article discusses the correlation between child abuse and domestic violence. "Child neglect is the most frequently reported category of child maltreatment in New York, the United States, and ...

Your parents may have been well-intentioned and yet still unknowingly created an environment of emotional neglect. According to the University of Florida Health, signs of emotional neglect in your ...