Question

Uninvolved parenting select one:

a. involves psychological control.
b. is warm and accepting but inattentive.
c. is, at its extreme, a form of child maltreatment called neglect.
d. promotes maturity and adjustment in children of diverse temperaments. promotes maturity and adjustment in children of diverse temperaments.

Answer 1

The answer is c) neglect.

Uninvolved parenting can negatively effect the development of the child and can lead to personality disorders and in worst cases psychopathology.

Uninvolved parenting is a form of child abuse.