
The definition of abuse is not limited to physical agression and letting one’s starve. If that’s what you think, then that downplays all the others types of abuse (such as psychological) and their victims.
When it comes to neglect though, yes she definitely neglected her. The fact that she bought Mc dresses doesn’t mean she took care of her...
Finally, when it comes to the mother cutting Mc’s hair, that is not the only reason why I talked about « abuse », I took all of her actions into consideration. Even though, this scene definitely shows the signs of an abusive behavior and « being angry » is never a good reason.

Ok stop cause we missing a huuuuuuuuuuuuugggggggggggggge chunk of her life to begin with and if you go back and see how they greet each other there is no way she was abused. Fl felt upset that she was kept out of the loop and that her mother didn't like her being a magician and that her father was hardly there but that about it. we honestly dont know anything from age 7ish - 17.......

We don’t decide whether or not someone was abused by the way they greet their potential abusor, that is not a reliable proof.
I am judging the mother on the scenes from Mc’s childhood. We have a timeline of how the mother educated her child and it’s pretty clear. We can make our assumptions because that’s the purpose of these flashbacks. And if you say that these are not enough for us to think that Mc was mistreated, then you can’t say for sure that she was not either.
I hate how the story make excuses for the mother’s behavior witch BS such as « she didn’t know how to communicate with her child », as if that is a good reason for abuse #-.-)
Not saying that the father was any better though since he basically did nothing during Mc’s childhood
The BS hits close to home since I have similar parents and they would rather say stuffs like « we didn’t know how to handle you » rather than admit they are toxic people