Source: JenkoAtaman/StockAdobeOf the hundreds of psychological and emotional conditions, childhood emotional neglect is, in my opinion, among the least widely understood. Childhood emotional neglect is a parent's failure to respond enough to a child's emotional needs. In professional articles and research studies, emotional neglect is typically lumped in with the various forms of child abuse. Myth 4: Emotional neglect results from a lack of love from your parentsIronically, it's often the most loving parents who emotionally neglect their children. Emotional neglect can be invisible when it happens, and also hard to remember once you grow up.