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She Said . . . What?! —Common Sense When Kids Talk to Judges
He said/she said. We hear this phrase a lot in child custody cases. It captures the idea that disputing former partners give conflicting accounts of reality. (For same-sex couples: he said/he said, or she said/she said.) Those charged with finding … Continue reading
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Tips For Children Who Are Alienated or At Risk For Alienation
Children who feel pressured by a parent to disrespect and reject their other parent risk losing a healthy connection to both their parents. This is true whether the pressure is subtle or obvious, inadvertent or intentional. “Welcome Back, Pluto: Understanding, … Continue reading
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Why Children Take Sides Against a Parent
At times parents find it difficult to show patience with irrationally alienated children who act disrespectfully. To respond sensitively, parents and professionals need to understand why alienated children act as they do. Also, when alienated children themselves better understand their … Continue reading
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Think an alienated child is well-adjusted? Dig deeper.
“Otherwise well adjusted.” That’s how some professionals rationalize doing nothing to help severely alienated children who reject a relationship with a good parent. If a child does well in school, enjoys extracurricular activities, and behaves well in one parent’s home, … Continue reading
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Backlash Against Parental Alienation: Denial and Skepticism About Psychological Abuse
A boy wrote a letter to his mother telling her that she belonged in a mental institution, that she was nothing to him, that she was nothing but a screw-up, that she was sick, selfish, that he wanted to have … Continue reading
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Mistakes Alienated Parents Make: 1. Losing Your Temper
Alienated children can be rude, obnoxious, and hateful. They express and provoke great hostility. It is understandable that the target of gross mistreatment feels like responding in kind. But losing your temper with your children will just make things worse. … Continue reading
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“It really seems pretty obvious.” – BBC radio presenter on parental alienation as child abuse
BBC’s award-winning radio commentator, Jane Garvey, talked to Sarah Parsons, Principal Social Worker at Cafcass, and to Joanna Abrahams, a solicitor who specializes in cases of parental alienation. Regarding the recent Cafcass statement that parental alienation is child abuse, Garvey … Continue reading
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UK Agency Denounces Parental Alienation As Child Abuse
Behavior by one divorced parent that attempts to undermine a child’s relationship with the other parent—what I call “divorce poison”—has been denounced as child abuse by the chief executive of the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) … Continue reading
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Mistakes Alienated Parents Make: 2. Counter-rejection
In the early stages of alienation some rejected parents counter-reject their children. They rebuke the children for their negative attitudes, and tell them, in effect, “Shape up or ship out.” They expect, of course, the children to shape up. This … Continue reading
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Reuniting with Formerly Alienated Adult Children
Work with adult children who want to reconnect with a parent from whom they were alienated has several facets. I hear often from parents whose adult children have read Divorce Poison or viewed Welcome Back, Pluto and found answers to … Continue reading
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