Ignoring a child is worse than beating the child. The opposite of love is not hate. it is indifference, it has been said.
Trust me on this, I would have Far preferred my first husband had ignored me...I will be 76 next week and still have both the physical and emotional scars since that 18-19-20 year old got herself out of there.
People who say BS like that have never been beaten. PERIOD.
Oh, I dunno, Mr. Shaw, I can think of sooooo many worse things.......