It usually comes as an enormous surprise to unloved daughters that there are other girls and women out there who had similar experiences, who were also ignored, dismissed, put down or marginalized by the very individual who was supposed to love them unconditionally. Beginning in childhood and even into adulthood, most of these daughters bear the awful burden of thinking that they’re the only children on the planet singled out in this way. Their hurt is amplified by a code of silence that surrounds this taboo subject. And they tend to keep silent themselves. Why is that?

The reasons vary according to the daughter’s stage of life. These observations are drawn from stories unloved daughters have shared with me.

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