Even if the distortions to the child's attachment bonding motivations toward a normal - range and affectionally available parent as a consequence of pathogenic parenting by a narcissistic / (borderline) parent are not the product of the trans -
generational transmission of sexual abuse
trauma, the severely distorted parenting practices of the narcissistic / (borderline) parent in which the child is being used as a «regulating other» to meet the emotional and psychological needs of the narcissistic / (borderline) parent nevertheless rise to the level of psychological child abuse that is severely distorting the child's healthy emotional and psychological development.