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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.
PAX
Announcing a new category in Plutoverse: Parental Alienation Exchange or PAX. This is in response to a suggestion by a mother in Australia who would like to see a central registry where alienated parents can connect, communicate, and coordinate their … Continue reading
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
Posted in alienated parents/rejected parents, coparenting, parental alienation/parental alienation syndrome
Tagged divorce, divorce poison, high conflict divorce, parental alienation, parental alienation syndrome, Warshak
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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
Posted in alienated parents/rejected parents, Overcoming parental alienation, parental alienation/parental alienation syndrome, understanding parental alienation
Tagged child custody, divorce, divorce poison, family law, high conflict divorce, parental alienation, parental alienation intervention, parental alienation syndrome, Warshak, Welcome Back Pluto
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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
When Kids Need to Know Bad Things About a Parent – Part 2
You are convinced that your child’s other parent, or a grandparent is bad, and the kids should know about it. Do they really need to hear what you have to say? When facing the impulse to present a parent or … Continue reading
Telling Kids Which Parent Wanted the Divorce
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Tagged divorce, divorce poison, high conflict divorce, parental alienation, Warshak
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What Judges Need to Know in Parental Alienation Cases
The Complex Tapestry of Parent-Child Relations emphasizes that the psychology of alienated children cannot be reduced to a single factor. In some cases, the judge has little doubt that one parent is primarily responsible for the child’s alienation. It may … Continue reading