To provide one's child with insufficient attention and nurturing.
Do I underparent my child because I am not around enough to give the child what he or she needs?2007, Michael Gurian, Nurture the Nature, page 111:
I am now convince it is more harmful to overparent than to underparent.2013, Steve Gilliland, Hide Your Goat: Strategies to Stay Positive When Negativity Surrounds You, page 70:
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Both restrictive and indulgent parents can either underparent or overparent.2016, Shakta Khalsa, The Yoga Way to Radiance:
underparent
noun
Etymology From under- + parent.
1
One who has a subordinate position to the main parent but who takes on some parental responsibilities.
If Father is the typical male underparent, as he generally is, it is not that he is a failure, except by overparent standards.1978, William Reynolds, The American father, page 210: