Psychology says parents who provided everything materially and nothing emotionally aren’t cold — they were loved the same way and genuinely had no idea there was another option

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• ⬤ Parents who provide material gifts but emotional support aren't cold, they're simply unskilled at emotional labor.
• ⬤ Emotionally distant parents may have been loved just as much as those who were more demonstrative.
• ⬤ This 'unloving' parenting style may be a result of a lack of knowledge on how to provide emotional support.