Underparent

Quick meaning: Underparent is a verb meaning To provide one's child with insufficient attention and nurturing.

Meaning

To provide one's child with insufficient attention and nurturing.

More Meanings

1. One who has a subordinate position to the main parent but who takes on some parental responsibilities.

Example Sentences

I am now convince it is more harmful to overparent than to underparent.

Both restrictive and indulgent parents can either underparent or overparent.

Do I underparent my child because I am not around enough to give the child what he or she needs?

If Father is the typical male underparent, as he generally is, it is not that he is a failure, except by overparent standards.

Word Forms

• underparents
• underparenting
• underparented

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include undernourish, underresource, underprovide, undersupport, underfeed, unmother.

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