A sense of guilt or obligation, probably. I can personally relate to this as my relationship with my father is far from great, and it might be best if I cut him off, but sometimes you just find yourself thinking "they can't help how they are" and "they love you more than anything even if they don't know how to express it properly". It's our own sense of empathy that holds us back.

When presented with negativity, you can either absorb it and move on or spread it.

Have you ever met a gaslighter or a narcissist?

Then you've met my mother.

People like that, especially in positions of authority over others, are adept at controlling the narrative that they're the victims and aren't in the wrong. Also my mother, btw.

The Impact of Early Emotional Neglect> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aymvX-OrlS0
This world is so vast- Parents innately are those who are supposed to be there for the most important struggles. Neglect can truly make a big difference in the life of any species- Love is not a luxury it's a necessity and many hope to gain that eventually somehow.

I think it's normal for little kids to love their parents no matter how bad their parents are to them. It's because kids are so loving of everybody in general, and because their parents are the main figures in their lives and their caretakers. And the ways we develop as kids stay with us.

As someone who is intimately aware of this issue. It's hard to do that because u have this need to be accepted by two ppl or 1 person depending on ur case, U hope one day they'll be different someday

For most people, bad attention is better than no attention...also some of us internalize everything and convinced ourselves that we deserve it