Tag: bad-parenting-skills, confusion, emotional-neglect, emotional-pain, mixed-messages

There was another problem with Emma’s father, difficult for a small child who already thought of herself as greedy – his way of trying to keep her attention, to bribe her, with gifts. On each vof her visits, he would appear with you presents, beautifully wrapped> And her confusion that she liked – and wanted – the presents, but not the man, was painful. He used ‘sparkly Sellotape’ and cut things into nice shapes and she wistfully w