Which is worse: a parent that clearly planned to have a child and never takes a personal interest in them, or one that clearly was an unplanned child and never takes a personal interest? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago by j4k3@lemmy.world to c/casualconversation@lemm.ee

34 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Did your parents ever take a deeper interest in you and your interests outside of your needs?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 5 points 2 weeks ago

Hey I was a child of one of each!

You can't compare them. There's no scale of trauma, you can't say this was a level 6 while that's a level 8. They're both going to deeply effect you over the years in different ways.

Only way I dealt with it was by starting therapy.

[-] fine_sandy_bottom@lemmy.federate.cc 1 points 2 weeks ago

My parents weren't great, but I think they did their best given their limited resources and the context of social norms at the time.

I too go to therapy. It doesn't help.

this post was submitted on 08 Oct 2024

16 points (75.0% liked)

Casual Conversation

1552 readers

140 users here now

Share a story, ask a question, or start a conversation about (almost) anything you desire. Maybe you'll make some friends in the process.

RULES

Be respectful: no harassment, hate speech, bigotry, and/or trolling
Keep the conversation nice and light hearted
Encourage conversation in your post
Avoid controversial topics such as politics or societal debates
Keep it clean and SFW: No illegal content or anything gross and inappropriate
No solicitation such as ads, promotional content, spam, surveys etc.
Respect privacy: Don’t ask for or share any personal information

Casual conversation communities:

Related discussion-focused communities

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

Blaze@lemm.ee

shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee

orangeNgreen@lemmy.world

neidu2@feddit.nl