They Walls’ parents demonstrate uninvolved parenting by abandoning Jeannette when she falls out of the car on page 30 in The Glass Castle. “I waited for what seemed like a long time before I decided it was possible Mom and Dad might not come back for me. They might not notice I was missing” (Walls 30). Jeannette fears she will be forgotten and when her family finally comes back, her dad even admits they didn't notice or know because Brian wouldn’t stop stuttering.
Rosemary Walls’ displays uninvolved parenting by barely fulfilling the needs of her children by providing food or even beds and