<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" > <channel> <title> Comments on: Why Kids Shouldn’t “Visit” Parents This Summer </title> <atom:link href="https://warshak.com/blog/2011/05/12/why-kids-shouldnt-visit-parents-this-summer/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://warshak.com/blog/2011/05/12/why-kids-shouldnt-visit-parents-this-summer/</link> <description>Understanding, preventing, and overcoming parental alienation</description> <lastBuildDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 22:34:32 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.7</generator> <item> <title> By: EC </title> <link>https://warshak.com/blog/2011/05/12/why-kids-shouldnt-visit-parents-this-summer/#comment-3069</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[EC]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 22:34:32 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://warshak.com/blog/?p=495#comment-3069</guid> <description><![CDATA[The real point is that `visiting' is not _parenting_: there's a substantive difference no matter what you call it. Some states have been using the term `parenting time' for a long time, and much of the time it's applied it's still really `visitation': not sufficient for a full or worthy-of-the-name parent-child relationship; speaking of `supervised parenting'---all contact with your child or parent occurring only in a center, under heavy surveillance---is absurd. I have no direct knowledge of Virginia family courts these days, but I'm suspicious of the private investigator's claim posted on Huffington Post that failure to support the other parent's parenting readily leads to reversal of custody there: I certainly don't see anything like that happening in states with which I am in touch, and would like to see some details.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The real point is that `visiting’ is not _parenting_: there’s a substantive difference no matter what you call it.</p> <p>Some states have been using the term `parenting time’ for a long time, and much of the time it’s applied it’s still really `visitation’: not sufficient for a full or worthy-of-the-name parent-child relationship; speaking of `supervised parenting’—all contact with your child or parent occurring only in a center, under heavy surveillance—is absurd.</p> <p>I have no direct knowledge of Virginia family courts these days, but I’m suspicious of the private investigator’s claim posted on Huffington Post that failure to support the other parent’s parenting readily leads to reversal of custody there: I certainly don’t see anything like that happening in states with which I am in touch, and would like to see some details.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>