3 hidden effects of childhood emotional neglect ⬆️ We all have 3 core emotional needs. As children, we depend on our primary caregivers to meet these needs. How well they do so teaches us how to meet them for ourselves as we become adults. Child emotional neglect is a form of child abuse. It is when a parent consistently fails to respond to the child’s emotional needs. Emotional neglect can happen when a parent is unavailable and unresponsive to the child’s feelings. Examples of childhood emotio