Quotes About Neglect

Whenever a group produces murderers, the early parental relationship must have been abusive and neglectful. Yet this elementary truth has not even begun to be considered in historical research; just stating that poor mothering lies behind wars seems blasphemous.

Oh! to be loved by a man I respect, To bask in the glow of his perfectly understandable neglect.

These children often drift from one temporary, abusive or neglectful situation to another, and often are routinely drugged to control them ("Prescription for Tragedy, "Los Angeles Times, 5-17-1998). By the time they are legally emancipated adults and return to the streets from which many were rescued, 75% have been sexually abused.

It's miserable to feel unwanted for reasons beyond your control.

It didn't smell so great, and pizza boxes and empty Coke cans had overflowed the trash can and spilled over a significant portion of the kitchen floor. You could barely walk without stepping on clothing that needed to be washed. My furniture was covered with scribbled-on papers and discarded pens and pencils.

The dog's story was just another tragedy among innumerable similar cases that are seldom brought to light because the principals involved cannot tell their own stories.

There are more people now, more children, going without health care ... A medical team surveying twenty-five hundred poor children in the District found that eight out of ten had untreated medical or dental problems. The infant mortality rate in the District, already the highest in the nation and higher than that of many Third World nations, actually rose ... and prenatal care was considered an important causative factor. ~Lenore Horowitz, quoted by Jimmy Carter

Instead, ourselves the beneficiaries of this kind of benign neglect, we now measure success as the extent to which we manage to keep our children monitored, tethered, tied to us.

Unlike Sophie, I don't keep every worn-out rag about the house. I can't vouch for the holes. Those old woolen liveries make a feast for moths. It only encourages pests to hang around if you feed them.' 'Do you suppose that is why he has given us no more than a cup of cocoa after our night's labor?' Claudia asked Loo in a loudish voice. 'Would you care for a biscuit, Miss Milmont?' Thoreau asked.

I look for places like me: big, hollow, forgotten by almost everyone.

This is when I realize that Anna has already left the table, and more importantly, that nobody noticed.

I look for places like me: big, hollow, forgotten by most everyone.

Don't worry to much about people who don't worry about you at all!

I was told not to hurt the heart of whom I love so much. But when I was so busy taking care of that heart, I didnt noticed my own heart was bleeding.

I am a very bad person. I am incapable of pleasing others and honestly I dont care.

I am a bad person because people mean nothing to me. I have no attachments to anyone therefore I do not care for anyone.

I hate to be a second option, you look for me only when you're bored. I hate being a spare tire, you look for me when your friends ditch you.

I love how since my dad got laid off all he does is get drunk, sleep, get drunk, & bi... at me for always being out lol.

It`s like I don,t matter to anybody. I just hate being left out of everything after all I do for them.

Gosh how I love being left out of things its super cool, especially when I've had a day like I have. Go away.

I just love being left out of everything and now I don't even get invited to do sh.. with my friends.

The worst thing about being left out is knowing you weren't even a simple thought in any of their minds...sad

Being lied to, cheated on, and not appreciated!

Everything we would ever need to become rich and powerful and sophisticated is within our reach. The major reason that so few take advantage of all that we have is simply, neglect.