Abuse Quote by Patricia Dsouza

One of the reasons many people don't have what they want is neglect. Neglect starts out as an infection and then develops into a…

— Jim Rohn

“Being abandoned through the neglect of our developmental dependency needs is the major factor in becoming an adult child. We grow up; we look…

— John Bradshaw

What is a neglected child? He is a child not planned for, not wanted. Neglect begins, therefore, before he is born.

— Pearl S. Buck

“I’m referring to physical and emotional neglect so immeasurable that the child never bonds with another human being. It’s my belief that the bonding…

— Brenda Hill

Every boy wants someone older than himself to whom he may go in moods of confidence and yearning. The neglect of this child's want…

— Henry Ward Beecher

“Children have an amazing ability to perceive this need in the parent(s). The true self of the child seems to know it unconsciously. I’ll…

— John Bradshaw

“Instead, ourselves the beneficiaries of this kind of benign neglect, we now measure success as the extent to which we manage to keep our…

— Joan Didion

Some fear that if parents startlistening to their own wants and needs they will neglect their children. It is our belief that children are…

— Wendy Coppedge Sanford

We can say with some assurance that, although children may be the victims of fate, they will not be the victims of our neglect.

— John F. Kennedy

The powerlessness of the child is often forgotten. And after it comes the terrifying phase of moving into adulthood.

— Kate Thompson

I've decided the secret of parenting is benevolent neglect.

— Barry Humphries

“When parents neglect their responsibility to correct and discipline their children society suffers. The results are crimes and harm committed against others.”

— Ellen J. Barrier