Parental Alienation

By Richard A. Warshak – Child and Family Blog, 03/2022 “… Have your children turned against you? Do they resist spending time with you? Have they joined with your ex in treating you with contempt? If so, they may be suffering from parental alienation…” Read the entire article: https://childandfamilyblog.com/parental-alienation/

By Oakland News Now, 02/05/2022 “…’Parental alienation is where a parent without any justification will psychologically manipulate a child, to reject a parent.’ Jan James, chief exec of Good Egg Safety, speaks to GB News about the problem and dangers of parental alienation…” Read the entire article: https://oaklandnewsnow.com/what-is-parental-alienation-and-why-is-psychological-manipulation-of-children-wrong/

By IOL, 02/05/2022 “… A movie about the rights of fathers titled, The Daughter, will be hitting local television screens soon. Castro Musinyali who has a BA law degree and radio experience, based the movie on his own experiences as well as the challenges other fathers like him face daily…” Read the entire article: https://www.iol.co.za/weekend-argus/news/father-makes-movie-that-speaks-of-parental-alienation-f510d969-abb1-4afb-b56d-ca90852aef70

By Psychology Today, 12/27/2021 “…Parental alienation is a form of child abuse that we are only beginning to recognize. Technically speaking, it’s when a child aligns with one parent and rejects its other parent for reasons that are not warranted. According to The Parental Alienation Study Group, at least 3.9 million children in the United

By News24, 01/10/2022  “…Many parents email us with heavy hearts stating that they are being alienated from their children. Parental alienation happens when one parent refuses the other parent access to their child for no specific or real reason. Parental alienation can be damaging to the child and the alienated parent…” Read the entire article: https://www.news24.com/parent/family/relationships/finance_legal/the-mother-of-my-child-refuses-me-access-even-though-tests-confirmed-the-child-is-mine-what-do-i-do-20220106

By Tennessean, 12/18/2021 “…Alienating behavior refers to the intentional and purposeful maneuvers by one parent to sabotage and disrupt a child’s relationship with the other parent. These maneuvers can range from persistent bad-mouthing to false allegations of abuse to interrupt parenting time…” Read the entire article: https://www.tennessean.com/story/opinion/2021/12/18/parental-alienations-negative-impact-children-divorce/8912074002/  

By Herrington Carmichael LLP – Lexology 10/26/2021 “… Parental Alienation is where a child expresses hostile feelings, unwarranted fear or disrespect towards one of their parents, commonly towards the parent with whom they do not live following the separation of their parents. In those circumstances, the child may resist or refuse to spend time with

By Kristina Scharp, 10/14/21 “…Holidays are often a time of strengthening family bonds and relationships. But for those who have difficult relationships with siblings, parents and extended family, it can be a stressful and upsetting time. We asked Kristina Scharp to explain why family relationships sometimes break down – and some things to consider when

By Lisa Baker, 11/3/21 “…Following a series of allegations and further applications by the mother, which were ultimately refused, Child B began to refuse to go to the father’s home and contact began to fail. In December 2018, the children did attend contact with the father but failed to engage with him. The father applied

By Anne Manning, 09/09/21 “…Parental alienating behaviors are those in which a parent tries to baselessly turn a child against the other parent, usually during a divorce or separation, through actions like bad-mouthing, lying, guilting or rewarding….” Read the entire article: https://natsci.source.colostate.edu/parental-alienation-partner-abuse-two-sides-of-same-coin-says-csu-social-psychologist