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Category Archives: alienated parents/rejected parents
Alienated Children As Cat’s Paws
In The Monkey and the Cat, an Aesop fable put into verse by 17th century poet Jean de La Fontaine, Betrand the monkey induces Raton the cat to pull roasting chestnuts from the fire, by promising him a share. The … Continue reading
Divorce Poison Makes LA Times Top 10 Books for Arnold and Maria
The LA Times has listed the top ten books for Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver. Divorce Poison is on the list. Read more.
Existence of Parental Alienation Is Now Beyond Debate
Survey results just released show near unanimous agreement among professionals that children can be manipulated by one parent to turn against the other parent.
Mother’s Day Message to Rejected Mothers
Mother’s Day is not a happy occasion for mothers whose children reject them. On this day your children should be honoring you and celebrating your contributions to their lives. Instead, their love for you has been disowned under the influence … Continue reading
Why Did You and Daddy Get Divorced?
When parents decide to divorce they face the difficult challenge of telling the children. The task is so difficult that about one in four parents say nothing to the children. They leave the kids to figure out for themselves what … Continue reading
NH Supreme Court on Parental Alienation
In a stunning ruling, of interest to all those concerned with parental alienation, the Supreme Court of New Hampshire overturned a lower court’s award of custody to a mother who was found to be alienating her children from their father.
When Kids Need to Know Bad Things About a Parent – Part 3
The Warshak Test helps parents judge whether their criticisms of each other are likely to help or hurt their children. The purpose of the test is to raise awareness of the impact of your words on your children and to … Continue reading
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Kudos for Pluto
The American Journal of Family Therapy, a peer-review, refereed journal, has published a review of the DVD, Welcome Back, Pluto: Understanding, Preventing, and Overcoming Parental Alienation. The review was co-written by forensic psychologist Dr. S. Richard Sauber, and attorney, David … Continue reading
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Bad-mouthing a Parent Harms Children’s Self-esteem
In response to a comment on my recent Huffpost blogpost, I wrote the following. Children identify with both parents. Remember how you felt as a child when a playmate trashed-talked your parents? In my day we called it “ranking out” … Continue reading
Parental Alienation in Finland
State of Plutoverse – 2010 mentioned the upcoming Finnish translation of Divorce Poison. Today I received a note from a faculty member of the University of Helsinki that parental alienation is being discussed in the Finnish Parliament. Click here for … Continue reading