Other parents start to withdraw emotionally from their children instead of becoming violent.
The youngest of the three is emotionally withdrawn with a gift for playing video games.
Jack felt himself begin to withdraw emotionally from the situation and wishing he could do so physically.
One frequent reaction to such incidents is to withdraw emotionally from families and friends.
All this combined made Lennon begin to feel emotionally withdrawn.
How much easier to cut yourself off from all these problems and withdraw emotionally into the less demanding machine of prison life.
Others find this more difficult - they may become withdrawn emotionally, or completely overreact to events.
This news causes Holly to relapse emotionally and again withdraw into herself.
Do they withdraw emotionally when I say no?
The man, who is emotionally withdrawn, refuses services and repeatedly says he is "fine."