Negative Effects Of Neglectful Parenting

In Ontario, at least one in three individuals encounter some sort of maltreatment over his or her childhood, with neglectful parenting being the most rampant form (“Child Maltreatment in Canada”, 2012, para. 6-7). Neglectful parenting, often called uninvolved, indifferent, or dismissive parenting is one of the four distinct parenting styles specified by psychologist Baumrind’s taxonomy of parenting styles (van der Horst et. al., 2017, para. 3). The four-fold typology of parenting is typically dependent on dimensions of responsiveness and demandingness and respectively, the neglectful parenting style is significantly low in both dimensions (van der Horst et. al., 2017, para. 3). According to Baumrind, “Neglectful parents are least involved towards their children’s needs, providing the most basic of facilities but no room or opportunity for recreational and developmental activities” (Aswanthi, 2017, para.

The purpose of this research is to examine the negative impacts neglectful parenting has on children. Through the examination of the neglectful parenting style, it becomes evident the negative impact at which a child’s developmental need of family socialization is not met. Correspondingly, another negative impact illustrated through neglectful parenting involves a child’s developmental need of family relationships being oversighted. Furthermore, through the understanding of the adverse effects associated with the neglectful parenting style, it is apparent that a child’s developmental need of guidance and boundaries is disregarded. Generally, it can be argued that neglectful parenting negatively impacts children, when examining child developmental needs unmet by parents, and therefore, as they grow into adulthood, these children face consequential