> You presume being loved and cherished involves having to live together.
I presume no such thing. Although any feelings a six year old has of feeling being loved and cherished are greatly enhanced by living together with their parent(s). That being said, what I do consider abandonment is being raised by au pairs and shipped off to boarding school by age six.
> I moved out quite early on myself, and my relationship with my parents is quite fine. (From the US for context)
Moving out of your own free will is quite different from being put into boarding school at age six.
I presume no such thing. Although any feelings a six year old has of feeling being loved and cherished are greatly enhanced by living together with their parent(s). That being said, what I do consider abandonment is being raised by au pairs and shipped off to boarding school by age six.
> I moved out quite early on myself, and my relationship with my parents is quite fine. (From the US for context)
Moving out of your own free will is quite different from being put into boarding school at age six.