Insight for Growth is a blog about my perspectives and opinions regarding the psychological, emotional, and relational consequences and healing of childhood emotional neglect and complex relational trauma.

If you’ve never heard of childhood emotional neglect (CEN), CEN is different from physical neglect. It’s virtually invisible, because it’s about what didn’t happen in childhood, when a child doesn’t have enough of their emotional experience acknowledged or validated.

Do you remember this adage? It was the tail end of the baby boom years, and children were not considered the center of the parents’ universe. So, what’s the outcome of this parenting approach?