#parental-absence tag

fromwww.nytimes.com

Review: In Dad Don't Read This' a Playwright (Maybe?) Grows Up

Her naturalistic dramatic voice a still-sticky adolescent mixture of wild feeling and zoned-out alienation comes into better focus here, thanks to the loose, swaggering realism generated by the director, Chloe Claudel. The cast's a miracle. I last saw Yoo on a New York stage in John Proctor Is the Villain on Broadway she played Raelynn, a preacher's daughter who laughs her way into an uninhibited moment of sisterhood. As Mal, she's slipperier, a possibly depr

Humor

Parenting

fromScary Mommy

2 months ago

I Resent Caring For My Boomer Mom When She Did Such A Crappy Job Raising Me

Unsupervised childhood responsibilities normalized parental neglect until parenthood revealed the absence of tenderness and proper care.

Mental health

fromPsychology Today

4 months ago

How Neglect Works Its Way Into Families With Means

Material possessions and busy parental schedules can cause emotional neglect when they replace meaningful parental time and emotional connection.

Independent films

fromwww.independent.co.uk

5 months ago

Stellan Skarsgard powers the tender, Oscar-tipped Sentimental Value review

Accessible, on-the-ground journalism requires public support to fund reporters; Joachim Trier's Sentimental Value portrays the lasting emotional wounds caused by parental absence.

Psychology

fromPsychology Today

7 months ago

The Tragedy of Absent Fathers

A father's presence and emotional engagement shapes a child's identity, confidence, creativity; absence or emotional distance wounds development but can become growth when integrated.

Parenting

fromIndependent

11 months ago

Father's Day as an estranged daughter: 'He walked out when I was five to start a new life with another family'

Father's Day can be emotionally challenging for those whose fathers are absent from their lives.