Negligent Parenting and Its Impacts on Children Behavior Types of Parent The negligent parents are relatively unhealthy

and in their mental and psychological disposition. They cannot forget their painful past and are going through some current pains struggling to survive. The negligent parents are problematic and could not take care of themselves. They live a hand to mouth existence. Many of them are failures in making a decent living. Some may even involve in petty crimes. As a result, they are bad providers and often deprived the physiological, safety and emotional needs of their children. Parenting Style The negligent parents are uninvolved and let their children fend for themselves. Often these children are left starving and wandering in the streets struggling to survive by any means. The negligent parents are neurotic, irrational and emotionally unstable. They are abusive and tend to vent their frustration on their spouse and children. Their children are often beaten up without any valid reasons. The negligent parents are unhappy, stressful and depressed. They are uncouth, violent and often quarrel and fight among each other in front of their children. Profanity and name calling like assholes, idiots, morons and even vulgar words are their common language of communication. Their children learn to behave like them. The negligent parents are emotionally detached from their children. They are uninvolved in their children welfare. They see their children as a burden. Their children feel insecure, isolated,

abandoned and unwanted. They live in fear and worry of the next meal. Neglected children virtually lost their childhood. They live in fear, pains and a meager and miserable existence. Impacts on Children Behavior Children of negligent parents are unhappy, incompetent and often failed in life. They lack social competence and self esteem and often exhibit inappropriate behavior. They are more likely to experience problems with authority and tend to perform poorly in school. Neglected children are manipulative, irresponsible, dishonest and unreliable. They develop a negative mental attitude towards life and see it as a struggle in the law of the jungle. Many of the neglected children in the toxic environment tend to grow up to become potential criminals. The authorities such as the Ministry of Education, Teacher - Parent Association and the Welfare Department should work together to identify these children at the early stage and provide them with a conducive environment by recommending them to boarding schools to assist them to self-actualize and grow up to become useful adults.