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One construct that has been overlooked is love from a parent. The purpose of this study was to analyze the association between individuals who felt not wanted\/loved during adolescence and lifetime depression and to examine this association by gender. We examined 5114 participants aged 24\u201332\u00a0years at Wave IV of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) public use dataset. We used logistic regression analysis to determine the association between an individual feeling not wanted\/loved by their parent\/caregiver prior to age 18, covariates, and lifetime depression. We then stratified by gender and ran logistic models for both men and women separately. Overall, 16.2% ( n = 827) reported lifetime depression diagnosis, while 16.5% of the participants reported feeling not wanted\/loved \u201coften,\u201d while 29.8% reported it as \u201csometimes.\u201d Feeling not wanted\/loved \u201coften\u201d was associated with higher odds of depression (AOR = 3.00; 95% CI, 2.45\u20133.66; p &lt; .001) versus \u201csometimes\u201d (AOR = 1.59; 95% CI, 1.31\u20131.90; p &lt; .001). When stratified by gender, feeling not loved\/wanted was associated with depression among both men (AOR = 3.70; 95% CI, 2.60\u20135.25; p &lt; .001) and women (AOR = 2.73; 95% CI, 2.13\u20133.48; p &lt; .001). Feeling not loved or wanted by a parent\/caregiver during adolescence has serious implications, for both men and women. 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