Washington, Jan 17: Popstar Lily Allen has blamed her parents for the current status of her love life.

The `Not Big' hitmaker, who has experienced her share of failed relationships, says the lack of attention from her parents in her early years, has inculcated a feeling of desperation in her to please her potential suitors.

"We were quite naughty kids. (My brother) Alfie was really bad, I just went into myself. I was a polite sort of cowering child. I didn''t talk much, I spoke to adults but not to anyone my own age," Contactmusic quoted Lily, as saying.

"In the beginning I was so insecure and felt like I couldn''t make friends. I totally felt ''everyone hates me and I need to prove myself'', and I thought ''if I''m a famous singer, everyone''s gonna love me and my life''s gonna be OK''. I didn''t realize I would be opening myself up to more criticism," Lily added.

Her parents Keith Allen and Alison Owen split when she was 4 and, thus her mother had to work most of the time for a living, which is why the kids felt abandoned.

"My mum had to work to support us and we lacked the attention we needed as children, which I think is one of the fundamental problems in our society.

"I''m not saying women shouldn''t go and work for a living - that''s not the answer - but something has to adjust because children are being neglected on an emotional level and it''s having an effect on the world," Lily said. (ANI)