Emotional neglect refers to the Failure to provide for a child"s basic emotional needs, including marked inattention to the child"s needs for affection, refusal of or Failure to provi
de needed psychological care, spousal abuse in the child"s presence, and permission of drug or alcohol use by the child.
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emotional neglect refers to the failure to provide for a child’s basic emotional needs, including marked inattention to the child’s needs for affection, refusal of or failure to provide needed psychological care, spousal abuse in the child’s presence, and permission of drug or alcohol use by the child.