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Can Lack of Parental Care Cause Depression?. In most cases, a parent is a child's number one fan. However, in 2006, there were more than 900,000 reported cases of child abuse and neglect, according to the Children Welfare Information Gateway. The lack of parental care can cause a child to have a lifetime of physical and psychological scars....