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Q. How does an emotionally unavailable parent affect the development of their child?

There are few corners of life the emotionally distant parent doesn’t touch when it comes to their adult child’s relationships.

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E.B. Johnson
May 12, 2021
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Q. How does an emotionally unavailable parent affect the development of their child? Do children of emotionally unavailable parents become emotionally unavailable themselves? (via Quora)

A. There’s a lot of effects when it comes to the offspring of emotionally unavailable or under-developed parents — some of which are still being understood. Primarily, t…

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