Gratitude for your gifts, your favors, or your affection may be noticeably absent. Your child may try to get whatever she can from you, believing that it’s owed to her and that because you’re such a contemptible person, you don’t deserve to be treated with respect, gratitude, or even civility. Your authority as a parent has been denied and erased, and your child has been encouraged to treat you as if your feelings don’t exist or don’t matter.
