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* '''Type 2 - Ongoing Neglect:''' David and Emily are siblings. David is perfectly healthy, but Emily is an [[Ill Girl]]. Their parents are constantly attending to Emily, bundling her up against the cold, making emergency hospital trips, taking time off work to look after her when she's ill and generally worrying about her. In all the fuss, however, David is practically forgotten - his mum and dad expect him to look after himself, since he doesn't technically need the same amount of care Emily does. However, should he start misbehaving or worse, voice resentment about Emily's monopoly of his parents' time, expect a massive [[Guilt Trip]] of the "you don't know how lucky you are" variety.

Somehow, Alice escapes her captors and David manages to survive childhood. Unsurprisingly however, they are less than happy with the person who failed them. If they are [[The Stoic]] or [[The Woobie]], they probably won't make a fuss - the stoic because ~~(s)~~he sees complaining as a sign of weakness, the woobie because...well, it's part of that "suffering beautifully" thing. However, other characters may opt for [[Calling the Old Man Out]].

Somehow, Alice escapes her captors and David manages to survive childhood. Unsurprisingly however, they are less than happy with the person who failed them. If they are [[The Stoic]] or [[The Woobie]], they probably won't make a fuss - the stoic because she/he sees complaining as a sign of weakness, the woobie because...well, it's part of that "suffering beautifully" thing. However, other characters may opt for [[Calling the Old Man Out]].

How does the "Old Man" justify himself? "I abandoned you because I knew you could cope." Or "I had faith in your abilities." Or, more bluntly, "Your (insert relevant relation or friend here) needed me more."