Children experiencing neglect often fail to recognize it as abnormal at the time because they lack the perspective or experience to understand that their living conditions are substandard.

“looking at it from when I was that age I wouldn't have known the difference because I was what free so it I just thought that's life”

Emotional neglect is just as toxic and damaging as dramatic, large-scale traumatic events.

“It's really how you were loved, and that neglect and trauma are hand in hand cuz both are equally as toxic.”