Psychologists have known for decades that children’s thoughts and feelings can be manipulated by adults, including their parents. See Divorce Poison for two classic studies. But those who oppose the…
A woman lamented to advice columnist extraordinaire, Carolyn Hax: “I’m so ashamed. I don’t even know how to make it up to my mom, who through all of this always…
“Dying would be easier,” wrote one mother whose children cut her out of their lives. Estranged parents’ pain, suffering, and grief are palpable to anyone who reads the comments on…
This post is in honor of Parental Alienation Awareness Day—April 25. A boy wrote a letter to his mother telling her that she belonged in a mental institution, that she…